The internet of stuff
how the internet of things might change the way
we communicate
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
CEO & Co-Founder of Tinker.it!
twitter.com / tinker_it
eComm 09
October 28th 2009

Cats
Phones
Electronics
Babies
Internet

tinker.it
arduino.cc
makezine.com/projects
(search for phone)
http://openmoco.org/node/23
(look at hardware requirements)

The internet of what?
Things surround us and we surround ourselves with
things. Weʼve either chosen them or they have been
chosen for us. They are sometimes described as “smart”,
often and mostly dumb.

Half-baked history
1990 - Networked Coke machine - Xerox park
1998 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol - The Internet Society
2001 - Smart fridge concept announced by Tesco
2001 - Orange at home- Smart homes
2005 - Shaping Things - Bruce Sterling
2005 - Arduino is born - Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy
2006 - Nabaztag is launched - Violet
2006 - iPod + Nike is launched - Apple
2006 - Everyware - Adam Greenfield
2006 - LIFT - Blogject workshop - Julian Bleecker & Nicolas Nova
2006 - Near field interactions workshop, NordiCHI, Oslo
2007 - Whattson - DIY Kyoto
2007 - iPhone is launched - Apple
2007 - Xbee takes off with Making Things Talk - Tom Igoe
2008 - Pachube is out of alpha
2008 - Arduino Ethernet shield is launched
2008 - Nick OʼLeary at IBM gets his Current Cost meter hooked up
2009 - TinkerKit development is announced
2009 - Tom Taylor gets a micro printer to talk Twitter
2009 - Bubblino by Adrian McEwen is a fixture at Uk tech conferences

I am my things
Simple consumer reality, but is there more to it?

I am my devices

Communication through
Non-Verbal
Verbal
Keyboards / Touch

Me
My things My devices
The Cloud
Your things
Your devices
You

Devices that know
Nabaztag
Nike + iPod
Poken
Swinx

Arduino.cc
Cheap and easy way
to prototype with technologies
Started in 2005
100 K units sold

Decoupled technology
RFID
Bluetooth
Xbee (wireless protocol from the construction industry)
Sensors
Wifi / ethernet
GPS

Stuff that knows and tells

I am consuming!
Kill a watt

The baby is here!
Kickbee

The cat is here
CaTaLog http://www.nermal.org/

I am thirsty
Botanicalls

I am here
Bubblino from Adrian McEwen

New product possibilities
Guardian Twat race
Rewind
Centograph

Loosely joined
Google Android
Arduino
Make
Pachube
Nintendo
MIT

Pachube London, UK

Challenges
How do you switch them off?
How do you tell them to shut up?
How do you lie?
“Nonverbal communication makes it easier to lie without being revealed.”

The future is almost there
New investment from telcos
Partnerships with smaller businesses
A decentralised view of technology provision
User-centered / generated solutions
An internet of it all.

Thanks! Dank u!
http://www.slideshare.net/jyri/microblogging-tiny-social-objects-on-the-future-of-participatory-media
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
www.tinker.it
alex@tinker.it