In January of 2010, Apple announced that there is room for a device between a laptop and a smart phone. A few months later, Apple released the iPad and successfully added another tier of things to our daily lives. Technology is becoming pervasive and will soon be inseparable from daily habits and routines. How do we go from a fragmented present to a connected future? And more importantly, how do we stop the machines from taking over? In this talk, Hans Scharler will discuss the emerging Internet of Things, pitfalls, trends, and applications. Hans will share what he thinks an interconnected world may look like. Hans Scharler is the co-founder of ioBridge and a contributor to ThingSpeak, an open source Internet of Things platform. In his spare time, Hans plays and designs board games. Credits: Tangled Lights – flickr.com/photos/pinkparakeets/4480730648/ iamshadowlord.com/ignite_2011

1. Tangled in a Web of Things by Hans Scharler

2. “There is room for a device between a laptop and a smart phone” --Apple, January 2010

3. We love our Things

6. Social networking

7. Tagging and tracking

8. Data management

9. Data aggregation

10. Central hub

11. “Virtual cup of sugar”The refrigerator has a real interesting history and impact on human evolution… The Poster Child of the Internet of Things

12. The Brief History of the Fridge Block of ice “Refrigerator” “Mini Fridge Beer Robot”

13. things are... disconnected Proprietary Necessary Redundant Useless without Us? Redundant

14. There is a “small” problem of scale There are more things than people Things People vs. over time

15. 1.2 billion “Today [the internet] contains approximately personal computers, 2.7 billion cell phones, land phones, 27 million data servers, and wireless PDAs.” 1.3 billion 80 million

17. If we connect everything, we better create real usefulapplications…

19. “I want my thermostat to control itself based on my location and weather conditions” Track Your Location With Google Latitude Control Heating/Cooling Based on Current Position and Weather

20. social networking for toddlers

21. “People will make fortunes mining the data collected by things” --Hans Scharler “Industry Leading Expert” Source: Hans Scharler

22. things to consider... Spime (Space and Time) Security Scalability Privacy Sentience

23. “Man” vs. “Machine”

26. Mojo loves Things too…