A brief take on designing meaningful (and useless) things - and an outlook on how to make sure to aim for the right one. This talk was an introduction to the topic of human-centric products and conscious design in the realm of the internet of things and connected products. http://simonhoeher.com

1. Meaningful
Things
Simon Höher
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Hardware is on the rise.

3. $7.1
trillion
$1.9m
2013
1Gartner,2014,
IoT product and service suppliers will
generate incremental revenue
exceeding $300 billion in 2020. 3
VC-Money invested in hardware
startups: from $20.6m in 2011 to
$207.1m in 2013. 2
Today, hardware makes up for about
10% of all Kickstarter projects, totaling
at $46.6m in 2013. 4$
Global market for IoT
solutions by 2020 1
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Hardware is on the rise.

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5. Relax.
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What
could go wrong?

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Phyiscal Things have
physical consequences

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1. Gadgetism

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1. Gadgetism
2. Security

10. 1. Gadgetism
2. Security
3. Privacy
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11. 1. Gadgetism
2. Security
3. Privacy
4. Context
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The b r o a d e r picture

13. What can we do?
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1. Ask the
right questions

14. The IoT Design Manifesto
iotmainfesto.org
We don’t believe the hype1
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We design useful things
We aim for the win-win-win
We keep everyone and
everything secure
We build and promote a
culture of privacy
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We are deliberate about
the data we collect
We make parties associated
with a product explicit
We empower users to be the
masters of their own domain
We design things for their
lifetime
In the end, we are
human beings
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15. What can we do?
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2. Talk to the
right people

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Europe’s leading IoT conference
thingscon.com

17. Join us!
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In the end, we
are human
beings.

19. Thank you.
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@jimmiehu
By @j_m_williams
Simon Höher