The document discusses the importance of connectivity in homes, highlighting access to the internet, communication tools, and smart devices. It emphasizes the shift from person-to-person interactions to machine-to-machine connectivity, reflecting on the implications for privacy and user needs. The author suggests that technology must align with user demands and consider the human aspects as it evolves.

1. Care in Business
Connectivity at Homes
Pavel Loskot
14 June, 2011

2. Why connectivity?
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Access to Internet
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Communications (land line or mobile phone)
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Entertainment and multimedia (Tv, radio)
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Automatic measurements and monitoring
(healthcare, safety, security)
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Remote regulation (energy management,
temperature)

3. Popular devices at our homes

4. Coming up ...
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Embedding intelligence
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Sensors and RF ID

5. Building networks
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Fast, reliable and secure home networks
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Femtocells

6. Building networks - trends
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From person-to-person
.... to person-to-machine
.... to machine-to-machine
and from independent to cooperative
Internet of (Smart) Things=everybody and
everything is part of a global network
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For comparison, today there are:
109
personal computers
1010
mobile phones
1011
networked smart things

7. Where is the human?

No more privacy:http://erasingdavid.com/
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Email has turned us into 'lab rats'
[The Telegraph]

Is the Internet Warping Our Brains? [Internet]

8. Topics for discussions

Care must be `user driven'
- technology should follow the users needs
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Technology already matured
- almost anything is now possible, however, ...
- what is important? useful? business attractive?
cost effective? likely adopted by users?
- implications to global economy?
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Do we have to start considering the human
aspects or just keep evolving technology?

9. Thank you!
Look forward for your comments and questions ...