Our everyday interaction with the world includes not only software – many of the products and systems we interact with are actually physical. Despite the fact that you can argue about the usability of most of the objects you use or have to use everyday, there is a lot of learned behavior that we can re-use. Which comes quite handy when moving on from today’s display interaction towards a new form of interaction: social objects, aka the much quoted Internet Of Things ™. Questions are: what happens if you punch the time clock – and instead of recording your working hours you check-in to Foursquare? And how much of this concept is feasible already today?

1. LET‘s GET PHYSICAL
Upcycling Hardware Interaction Patterns Primer
Sven Kräuter - @SVEN_KR | Julia Kümmel - @KUEMMEL_HH
UX Camp Hamburg | 08/2012

2. who is sven kräuter?
sven Kräuter is an
agile & lean coach,
software developer
and a maker.
making things happen.

3. who is Julia Kümmel?
Julia Kümmel is a
digital marketing pro,
communication strategist
and a maker.
making things happen.

4. what is HARDWARE UX?
LET‘S HAVE A LOOK AT
THE PAST

5. Check Clock.
Image Source: www.flickr.com/photos/lifelog-it making things happen.

6. VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER.
Image Source: www.flickr.com/photos/demachiyanagi making things happen.

7. what is HARDWARE UX?
LET‘S HAVE A LOOK AT
THE PRESENT

8. VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER.
Image Source: www.flickr.com/photos/demachiyanagi making things happen.

9. You‘ve come a long way baby.
Image Source: www.flickr.com/photos/demachiyanagi making things happen.

10. what is HARDWARE UX?
LET‘S HAVE A LOOK AT
THE FUTURE (TM)

11. the FUTURE
objects communicating
via the internet build
the Internet of things.
making things happen.

12. the Iot
good bye
„one size fits all“.
making things happen.

13. the Iot
hello
„dedicated devices“.
making things happen.

14. Rat Pack Remote Control.
Source: http://beta.knowable.org/session/project/view/id/80/

15. WHAT‘S THE VALUE PROPOSITION?
Probably nothing
BUT FUN.during the first three usages.
Rat Pack Remote Control.
Source: http://beta.knowable.org/session/project/view/id/80/

16. M&C BULLI.
video Source: sven‘s smartphone making things happen.

17. nice but what‘s the purpose?
let me elaborate...

18. trend hyper connectivity
increasing amount of
real time data &
screens do not scale.
making things happen.

19. screens do not scale
representation of data
on a screen is just one
possibility.
making things happen.

20. screens do not scale
it is not necessarily
the best possibility.
making things happen.

21. GOOD NIGHT LAMP.
video Source: http://vimeo.com/45980092 making things happen.

22. SPOTIFY BOX.
video Source:https://vimeo.com/21387481 making things happen.

23. MAKEY MAKEY.
video Source: http://makeymakey.com making things happen.

24. NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
video Source: https://vimeo.com/49425556 making things happen.

25. The game starts at
the beginning
of a meal.
phone stacking game.
image Source: http://flickr.com/photos/gabenl/7843846138/

26. everybody puts their
phone face down at the
center of the table.
phone stacking game.
image Source: http://flickr.com/photos/gabenl/7843846138/

27. no one is allowed to
pick up their phone
during the meal.
phone stacking game.
image Source: http://flickr.com/photos/gabenl/7843846138/

28. the first one to give in
loses the game and
invites everyone else.
phone stacking game.
image Source: http://flickr.com/photos/gabenl/7843846138/

29. if no one gives in, then
everyone pays for
themselves.
phone stacking game.
image Source: http://flickr.com/photos/gabenl/7843846138/

30. the game ends when
the bill comes.
phone stacking game.
image Source: http://flickr.com/photos/gabenl/7843846138/

31. smartphones do not scale
letting your peers
suffer should not be
an option!
making things happen.

32. Check Clock.
Image Source: www.flickr.com/photos/lifelog-it making things happen.

33. Check(in) Clock. live demo.
making things happen.

34. WHAT‘S THE VALUE PROPOSITION?
MAYOR WAR
SUPERIORITY.
without paying more meals for your
friends than necessary.
Check(in) Clock.
Source: http://foursquare.com/making_de

35. the past of hardware UX
Human behaviour adapts to
machines produced for a
mass market. It did hurt.

36. the FUTURE of hardware UX
Machines produced for
particular use cases adapt
to human behaviour. It will
be fun.

37. the PRESENT of hardware UX
We‘re at the edge of
something new. It‘s almost
fun.

38. now let‘s share thoughts!
if you have experience in
these fields:
what do you think?

39. now let‘s share thoughts!
if you haven‘t any
experience in these fields:
what do you think?

40. let‘s keep in touch
makingthingshappen.de
sven@makingthingshappen.de
Julia@makingthingshappen.de
@sven_kr
@kuemmel_hh
making things happen.