2. On things and the internet
design and technical considerations for the ground-up Internet of Things
BarCamp London 6, March 29th 2009
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, CEO & Co-Founder of Tinker.it!
3. Just Alex
Canadian
Product & Interaction designer
www.designswarm.com
Founded Tinker.it! in 2007 with Massimo Banzi, co-founder
of the Arduino project.
www.tinker.it
Somewhere between the creative industries and technology
provision: interaction design & physical computing
Offices in London & Milan, 10 people, lots of Haribo.
4. My head at the moment
DIY tools and mentality
Open source hardware & software
Home automation & Smart homes
Economic downturn & Product innovation
Connected devices & Internet of things
Ubicomp & The Creative Industries
Ethernet & Internet
5. Internet of things
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 O’Leary at IBM gets his Current Cost meter hooked up
2009 - TinkerKit development is announced
2009 - Tom Taylor gets his micro printer to talk Twitter
6. Diagram 1
My city
My people
My home
My stuff
Me
7. Diagram 2
Internet
Data gathering Simplification
Notifications Device Notifications
World