Outsmarting the Smart Meter (retired)

Starting 2014, all Dutch households are receiving a “smart meter” to replace their old meter systems for electricity and gas. They’re called “smart”, but are they really? Most meters just send their data to a central point using GPRS. Using third party services, consumers can get an insight in their energy usage.

But we’re technicians, we can build something better ourselves. All it takes is a prefab cable (or some soldering), code, patience and a beer. Using Scala plus Akka for the backend, TypeScript plus React for the frontend and Websockets for communication you can build your own energy dashboard. En passant, we might even see a little Akka stream dropping by.

Attend this session to discover how to outsmart your Smart Meter!