The document discusses the OnsBlok project, which aims to empower citizens to create smart devices themselves using ready-made components. It poses the question of why citizens cannot make their own smart things, just as they can bake cakes or assemble furniture, if provided with basic connected blocks and sensor plugins. The project is part of Creating 010, a research center at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences that uses participatory and transdisciplinary approaches to design for smart and inclusive cities.