In January 2005, the University of Southampton unveiled a rather cool e-Science project, monitoring lab experiments in the Chemistry department and displaying a live dashboard on a Java-enabled cellphone, all using MQTT and the IBM broker technologies.

Links

• Chemists escape labs via mobiles (BBC News Online)
• Welcome to the Smart Lab (Royal Academy of Engineering)
• e-Science frees researchers from the lab (IEE Review)
• Mobile phones keep tabs on experiments in labs (EPSRC / Research Councils UK)
• Sensor Networks and Grid Middleware for Laboratory Monitoring [pdf]
• Chemistry By Mobile Phone (or how to justify more time at the bar) [pdf]