Presentation made to the NonProfit Commons group in the virtual world of Second Life.

1. Promise and Pitfalls of Realizing
the Internet of Things (IoT)
Presentation
to the
Nonprofit
Commons
In Second Life
June 12, 2015
Image credit: @M-EnamblingSummit
D’lightful Doowangle aka Barbara Truman

2. IoT Events in 2015
March 6-7, 2015
http://consortium.militarymetaverse.org
https://www.us-ignite.org/globalcityteamsexpo
http://www.m-enabling.com

3. What is the big deal about IoT?
• Societal transformation akin
to the industrial revolution
• Near ubiquitous, embedded
intelligence and connectivity
• Data harvesting in and via
cloud computing
• Identity management
• Community facilitation

4. Not another typical conference
Planning meeting of the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds Workshop 2015
(FCVW) fully online workshop targeted primarily to US military and government
to showcase uses of the immersive platform. March 2015

5. Planning IoT Region for FCVW15
From storyboard to event in six weeks. Created
from a variety of open source and Creative
Commons materials with assistance from the
MOSES and OpenSim communities.

6. Panoramic Enclosure
IoT_megacity as used in the FCVW15 Workshop. Region models shipping,
transportation, military, medical, emergency management, manufacturing, housing,
societal and environmental concerns. Photo credit: Gwenette Sinclair

7. Presentation Tours
FCVW15 included walking tours of the IoT-megacity region where Dr. Michael
Macedonia and Dr. David Metcalf discussed the impact of IoT for society.

8. Consumer-Centric Producers and
Prosumers (Producer + Consumer)
Example of a mirror in a Lake Nona, Florida smart home.

9. IoT
Pitfall:
Control
and
Privacy

10. IoT
Pitfall:
Cyber-
Security
threats
are
like
science
fiction

12. Pitfall of
IoT:
Race to
market
and
inherent
insecurity

13. Image credit Joe Kochan
Image credit @BuildingMuseum
Hosted in the US National Building Museum
63 Teams showcased their innovations
Eight cities recognized as inaugural smart cities
Dutch royalty attended along with US
government dignitaries
September 2015 – Launch of Smart Cities
Collaboration

14. Demo: University of North Texas
Emergency management use of drones to deliver wifi
http://engineering.unt.edu/drone-research-unt-improves-communication-after-disasters

15. NIST Ignite
poster
from
US Defense
Health
Agency
The Art-of the
Possible

16. NIST demo: Ohio State University
Autonomous vehicle – self driving golf cart

17. Smart Solar
Trash
Compactor
http://bigbelly.com
Other topics included:
- Energy and Utilities
- Health
- Public Safety
- Transportation
- Education

18. http://www.m-enabling.com
Dr. Stephen Hawking video on assistive technologies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA0AZUj2lOs&feature=youtu.be
Image credit
Nicola
Palmarini

19. Ability Advocates
Leaders with differing abilities from around the world.
Image credit Disabled Persons International
http://www.dpi.org
A few notables-
Industry leadership;
- IBM
- Apple
- AT&T, Sprint
Educational Research
- George Tech
Research Institute
- George Mason
University Assistive
Technologies

20. Where to go from here? Connect!
Research IoT applications as a connected,
producer sharing to network communities to
extend and accelerate abilities for all.
Thank you and you know where to find me. Google wearable
Image credit @AccessibleMedia

21. Hypergrid to Visit site
• Special thanks to John Silver of Sim Valley Grid
of the Natherlands for additional land to
expand the IoT_megacity on Sim Valley Grid
• To visit create an account or hypergrid to Sim
Valley.
• Please contact me if you wish to build out part
of the IoT_megacity in advance of FCVW16.