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The (IOT) Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The document discusses the significance of Internet of Things (IoT) meetups, emphasizing their role in fostering collaboration among diverse industries such as product design and big data analytics. It explores the history of IoT, key developments, and notable projects, including the evolution of connected devices and the importance of community feedback for startups. The author advocates for a multi-disciplinary approach to innovate practical applications of IoT that enhance everyday life.
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- 1. THE (IOT) REVOLUTIONWILL NOT BE TELEVISED Why internet of things meetups are important & what you can bring to a global conversation. @iotwatch
- 2. About Director of designswarma consultancy focusing on strategy, policy and building communities in the internet of things. Former founder & CEO of Tinker London the first distributor of the Arduino Former partner of design partnership RIG London
- 4. What I willcover A bit of history. Why meeting is important. Using what you have.
- 5. What is theInternet of Things? A new generation of everyday objects which have embedded connectivity and a digital component.
- 6. Human factors &ergonomics… “The study of designing equipment and devices that fit the body and its cognitive abilities”
- 7. Human Computer Interaction(1983) “The study, planning, design & use of interaction between people and computers ”
- 8. Interaction Design (1988) “Thepractice of designing interactive digital products, environments, systems & services”
- 9. Sir Tim Berners-Lee,CERN (1989) “In practice, it is useful for the system to be aware of the generic types of links between items […] and the types of nodes (people, things, documents) without imposing any limitations.”
- 10. Trojan Room CoffeePot (1993-2001) The world’s first webcam, using an Acorn computer it allowed people across the building to avoid pointless trips to the coffee room if there was no coffee left.
- 11. Kevin Ashton (2001) KevinAshton coined the term while at Auto-ID Center at MIT meant it in the context of RFID. Now it implies all the technologies that allow products to be connected online. (wifi, GSM, BT, radio,etc)
- 12. Early products (2005-) AmbientDevices, Violet & Vitality were companies that led the way early on in the US & France.
- 13. New Media Art& early wearables Wearables at the time was a very academic & artistic field where experiments were presented at SIGGRAPH conference every year.
- 14. Arduino (2005) An opensource hardware and software electronics learning tool. The starting point the Maker movement.
- 15. Sparked a makermovement
- 16. And a wholeindustry…
- 17. …of inventors The Arduinoinnovated by starting with arts & design students who were making visually appealing responsive objects. Later they would connect them to the web and social media platforms.
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- 20. Makers turn intomarkets Kati London at ITP designed Botanicalls in 2006.
- 21. Remote plant wateringis everywhere
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- 23. SmartStones / Niveaarmband Fitness & health
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- 32. Hardware Connectivity Battery life Standards Privacy Security But thereare many challenges
- 33. And insurance productsare coming An unlikely fanbase for the Internet of Things are insurance companies now building flexible, responsive premiums.
- 35. User experience hell “thewarnings the devices emit — beeps that become more persistent as the due date for the loan payment approaches — are seen by some borrowers as more degrading than helpful”
- 36. The London iotmeetup Started in November 2011 (40 members) Now 3.2K members 1-2 monthly newsletters 1 meetup a month 2 showcases a year
- 37. The Importance ofmeeting IOT is an unnatural meeting of different industries & silos: •  Product Design •  User experiences •  Manufacturing •  Retail •  Embedded software •  Front end design •  Big Data analytics •  Startups •  Academics
- 38. A diverse community Mapat designswarm.com/services/communities
- 39. Active collaborations Kemuri isan elderly tracking device and founder Leonard Anderson met his co-founders at the meetup. He now has ÂŁ25K of funding to prototype the product further. kemuri.co.uk
- 40. A place toget feedback We don’t really document the meetups well. This means startups get early feedback and learn to answer hard questions.
- 41. A throw-away term Internetof things might move on to become connected devices but the opportunities, challenges and need for a multi-disciplinary approach are the same.
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- 44. The space forcorporates is minimal •  Incubators •  Infrastructure •  Device-based services
- 45. The space forstartups is huge The internet of things is only as valuable as its applications. It’s like talking about electricity without lightbulbs and toasters. Invention of end-user applications that work, that people want to integrate in their lives can only really come from small groups of people willing to quite their jobs and do something new.
- 46. Try things thatwork locally but think globally. Agricultural monitoring Sports Environmental monitoring Consumer products
- 47. Local people Iknow (you know more I’m sure) Philip Lindsay / rancidbacon.com Anne Galloway / digitalculturelab.org Marc Pesce / moorescloud.com David ten Have / Makey Makey (ex Ponoko)
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