Antonio Pintus, Davide Carboni, and Andrea Piras from CRS4 in Italy presented their work on a platform for a social Web of Things. Their platform, called Paraimpu, allows physical and virtual objects to be connected to the web simply using HTTP. It also allows these connected things to be composed together and to integrate with existing social networks. The platform provides demos of connecting lights, for assisted living, and for social gardening to demonstrate its capabilities.

1. A platform for a social Web of Things
Antonio Pintus Davide Carboni Andrea Piras
World Wide Web 2012
Lyon - France
Antonio Pintus - pintux@crs4.it Davide Carboni - dcarboni@crs4.it Andrea Piras - piras@crs4.it 1

2. Who, where...
• Antonio Pintus and Davide Carboni and Andrea Piras
• ICT - LBS Group @ CRS4, an interdisciplinary applied research center based
in Pula (Cagliari), SARDINIA, Italy
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3. The Web of Things
Ph. Shaun Wood, http://www.flickr.com/people/mrwoodnz/
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4. “ The Web of Things is more than
Things in the Web ”
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5. 1. Connect Things to the Web
- in a simpler way
- using HTTP
- simple to “plug” - Physical Objects:
- simple to configure - Sensors, Arduino, openPICUS,
- simple to manage Karotz, Chumby, ...
- Web-based UX
- Virtual Objects:
- social networks, RSS/ATOM
feeds, APIs, ...
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6. Paraimpu Web of Things
Ph. Mike http://www.flickr.com/photos/zebble
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7. 2. Compose Things
- in a simpler way
- mixed mash-ups:
- physical + virtual objects
- A rule-based engine to manage objects
and data heterogeneity:
- data filtering and mapping/
transform
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8. Data Transformation
- Filter / transform rules expressed by valid JavaScript code
- Automatically applied to each data flowing between connected things
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9. 3. Social Aspects
- existing social networks integration:
- they become “objects”
Ph. Ryan Roberts http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanr
- Things sharing with other people:
- policy based: private, public,
moderated, ...
- let them use shared things in
Ph. Mick Dolphin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boolavogue/
their connections/apps
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10. DEMO #1: the Workspace
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11. DEMO #2: Tlight
http://youtu.be/6LuutBhG9nU
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12. DEMO #2: Tlight
http://youtu.be/6LuutBhG9nU
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13. DEMO #3: AAL
http://youtu.be/LqqwyJV1iao
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14. DEMO #3: AAL
http://youtu.be/LqqwyJV1iao
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15. DEMO #3: Jardimpu
- Social Gardening with Paraimpu by Alberto Serra (@albeserra)
- http://jardimpu.blogspot.it
- garden monitoring (@jardimpu)
- watering through twitter: #jardimpu ON, #jardimpu OFF
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16. Get an Account!
- http://paraimpu.crs4.it/getinvite
- ~ 550 active users
- ...and counting
twitter: @paraimpu
Facebook: facebook.com/paraimpu
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