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1) The document discusses how designers initially embraced IoT technologies like Arduino but then became distracted by other opportunities in 2007. 2) It then talks about how "making" became popular with other groups like engineers, students, and companies, shifting the focus from user needs. 3) The author argues that designers need to re-engage with IoT to help address the many challenges involved in bringing IoT products and services to market, including hardware, software, user experience, business, and more.
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- 2. Open source hardware distribution& design services Consultant Founder Tinker London (2007-2010) designswarm Good Night Lamp About me
- 3. London Internet ofThings Meetup (2011-) 8K members 11 events / year meetup.com/iotlondon Design-led exploration of the future of home living. thegoodhome.org The Good Home Side projects
- 4. What I’d liketo talk about today Why designers decided to disengage from the internet of things. Why design & user needs are at the bottom of the list. Why we need you back, fast.
- 5. It started withresearch. Kevin Ashton, then working at P&G, coined ‘the internet of things’ in 2001. Around that time Bill Verplank, formerly of Xerox Parc, was drawing the seminal image representing ‘interaction design’ and talking about ‘user-interface design’, two terms he had coined.
- 6. Then with rabbits& umbrellas. Nabaztag Ambient Devices
- 7. It was tomake technology accessible to designers.
- 8. For designers, withdesigners. The Arduino was aimed at media, art, design students. The assumption was that you would come with a great idea, already researched, that you needed to prototype. And you had no money.
- 9. It became politicalact to ‘make’ and ‘hack’. Open source hardware (Arduino, Wiring) Open source software (Arduino IDE, Processing, VVVV, Openframeworks) Open Design (Ronan Kadushin) The Open Internet of Things Assembly (iot.london)
- 10. But in 2007,designers got a bit distracted.
- 11. Ways of usingthe skills you already had.
- 12. And everyone elsegot into ‘making’. Electronics engineers. Business students. Developers. Retired engineers. R&D departments of corporations.
- 13. Open Curiosity forNasa Challenge Salesforce Arduino demo
- 14. It’s not aboutwhether it’s useful, it’s about whether it’s possible. Making became a reward in itself.
- 15. Then came crowdfunding. Andthen it was about money. An explosion of ideas entered the consumer market. Many of them not driven by designers, but driven by a new democratic idea of entrepreneurship: Anyone with an idea could make something and bring it to the market.
- 16. So we have‘success stories’
- 17. And the horrorstories behind them.
- 18. So then thedisappointment. Lack of success is usually down to: • The team • The money • The time
- 19. And you’ve got99 problems. I.P. Legal Product design Hardware design Embedded software Connectivity issues Middleware APIs User Experience Prototyping Certification Financing Sales & Marketing Manufacturing Assembly Distribution Returns
- 20. I.P. Legal Product design Hardware design Embeddedsoftware Connectivity issues Middleware APIs User Experience Prototyping Certification Financing Sales & Marketing Manufacturing Assembly Distribution Returns Only some of those relate to design in its traditional sense.
- 21. Most relate todesign if you stretch its definition. I.P. Legal Product design Hardware design Embedded software Connectivity issues Middleware APIs User Experience Prototyping Certification Financing Sales & Marketing Manufacturing Assembly Distribution Returns
- 22. A team ofup to 5 people will need to work together on design. I.P. Legal Product design Hardware design Embedded software Connectivity issues Middleware APIs User Experience Prototyping Certification Financing Sales & Marketing Manufacturing Assembly Distribution Returns Product designer Electronics engineer Embedded software Engineer UX designer / Front end developer Packaging designer Product designer Product designer Backend developer
- 23. But good user-centricideas exist. Propeller Health
- 24. And great product-dependantservices exist.
- 25. To make theworld a safer place. Oxford Flood Network
- 26. It’s just thatwe forget they exist, or they don’t get funded.
- 27. It’s still notabout whether it’s useful, it’s about whether it’s possible, fundable, attractive to a particular middle-class audience.
- 28. You can changethis.
- 29. How? Go meet somestartups in your area. Do some mentoring for startups at the early stages, even remote. Attend (or start) an #iot meetup. Show your organisation what is going on and introduce them to companies who need help. Read some books (iot.london/bookshelf)
- 30. The market foryour ideas, talent and support is there. But you have to reach out to them first and create a meaningful connection.
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