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Students designing and solving interesting
problems using bits and bytes and wires
Dr. Patricia Charlton
Creative Digital Solutions
Patricia.Charlton@pobox.com
http://creativedigitalsolutions.org
@CDigitalS
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Internet of Things (IoT): Sensors
and Science
(a) The “Thing” (b) The Local Network (c) The Internet (d) The Cloud
Ingredients of IoT
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Internet of Things:What is this
“Thing” supposed to do?
The “Thing” may provide
Identification and info storage(RFID tags, MAC (Media access control) address)
Information collection (Sensor networks, store sensor values)
Information processing(Understanding commands, filtering data)
Communications (Transmit and receive messages)
Actuation (Switch control, motor control)
It means adding an embedded device to say a chair, window, ceiling fan or bulb for them
to have theses capabilities.
Some systems which already have the above
features: Can you think of any?
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How do we make these
“Things”?
http://video.mit.edu/watch/arduino-tutorial-1-10950/
Sensors
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Internet of Things: Designing a Smart City for London Festival of Education
At schoolOn the moveAt Home
Create and control flexible sensors to
interact with devices around
the home
Where’s my homework?
I wonder if ‘Pete’ is looking
after it.
Is there room on the bus?
DogBot helping me track and
sense the world
Mobile and location sensors
The coin reward bank: Collecting
coins, gaining rewards, helpinh
charities
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Follow-up for ideas
http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/sparks-will-fly
http://madrid.verkstad.cc/en/course-literature/what-is-
arduino/
https://inventrom.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/the-thing-in-
internet-of-things/
… Brainstorm with your friends, other students, family and
teachers
Editor's Notes
Timing: 10mins
Script short : Problems we are looking to solve should have some of the above characteristics.
Script Long : “There are certain key characteristics that make a problem a problem, and worth solving with a IoT, they are…
A problem should be…
Familiar: They effect either real people you know (and can name), or yourself - you should be able to name 3 people that you know personally who have the problerm
Frequent: They happen often enough to justify a solution -
Specific: They have a clearly defined story you can tell – You should be able to tell a story that includes the problem
Irritant: They often get on somebody’s nerves – If its not annoying its probably not even a problem. It may sound obvious but sometime people try to create solutions to problem that do not even exist.
Expensive: What you forfeit if you don’t have a solution is pretty high -could be money, time ,friends etc
Mobile: They occur on the go in unpredictable times and places.- if the problem occurs while you're by you pc, you may prefer to just find an online solution”
