THE IDEA FACTORY.
Engineering
the impossible
Software and hardware engineering studio. We take on the systems other teams call unbuildable, and ship them.
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CAPABILITIES
What we build
Every discipline, one team. Built for the field, not the slide deck.
Geospatial solutions
GIS, satellite and aerial imagery turned into maps, models and decisions you can act on.
Factory automation
Monitoring and automation for production lines: sensors, dashboards and alerts that catch problems before downtime does.
Drones
Aerial and underwater platforms, from flight control and payloads to the software that runs the mission.
Cybersecurity
Hardened systems, secure data pipelines and audits for connected devices and critical infrastructure.
Software systems
Platforms, tooling and infrastructure engineered for the load you’ll have in year three, not month one.
Robotics & automation
Motion control, actuation and the software that keeps machines precise under real-world load.
Embedded & RF
Firmware, sensors and comms where the code has to survive contact with physics.
Machine intelligence
Applied ML and computer vision that runs on the edge, not just in a notebook.
Autonomous systems
Drones, vehicles and unmanned platforms: guidance, navigation and control.
R&D prototyping
Fast, honest prototypes that answer the risky question first, before the budget does.
SELECTED WORK
Proof, not promises
Underwater drone
A remotely operated underwater drone built for the Dutch police, supporting search, inspection and evidence recovery where divers can’t safely go.
HedgeIoT
Passive monitoring of IoT data across a smart city, part of an EU research project. Sensor streams collected, secured and turned into usable insight.
Critical infrastructure watch
Cameras that read manometers, check whether valves are open or closed, and spot fence breaches and unusual behaviour before they turn into incidents.
AI for crime investigation
A proof of concept for government investigators: language models and vision working through documents, images and video to surface evidence faster.
Traffic & parking
Real-time counts of traffic flow, speed and free parking spaces, so cities can cut congestion, idle time and emissions.
Livestock monitoring
Satellite, drone, thermal and hyperspectral imagery feeding models that count and track herds, check their condition and flag risk areas.
Illegal dump detection
NDVI analysis, hyperspectral cameras and satellite imagery combined to find illegal waste sites from above and point inspectors to them.
Small on purpose. The people you talk to are the people who build it.
PROCESS
Sketch.
Prove.
Ship.
Sketch
We start on paper with your hardest constraint, not your feature list.
Prove
A rough prototype that kills the biggest risk in weeks, not quarters.
Engineer
Production-grade software, electronics and mechanics, built together.
Ship
Field trials, certification support and a clean handover to your team.