alexandra sonsino's presentation at emerging communication conference & awards 2009 europe

The internet of stuffhow the internet of things might change the way we communicate

Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoCEO & Co-Founder of Tinker.it!twitter.com / tinker_iteComm 09 October 28th 2009

CatsPhonesElectronicsBabiesInternet

tinker.itarduino.ccmakezine.com/projects (search for phone)http://openmoco.org/node/23(look at hardware requirements)

The internet of what?Things surround us and we surround ourselves with things. We’ve either chosen them or they have been chosen for us. They are sometimes described as “smart”, often and mostly dumb.

Half-baked history1990 - Networked Coke machine - Xerox park1998 - Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol - The Internet Society2001 - Smart fridge concept announced by Tesco2001 - Orange at home- Smart homes2005 - Shaping Things - Bruce Sterling 2005 - Arduino is born - Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy2006 - Nabaztag is launched - Violet2006 - iPod + Nike is launched - Apple2006 - Everyware - Adam Greenfield2006 - LIFT - Blogject workshop - Julian Bleecker & Nicolas Nova2006 - Near field interactions workshop, NordiCHI, Oslo2007 - Whattson - DIY Kyoto2007 - iPhone is launched - Apple2007 - Xbee takes off with Making Things Talk - Tom Igoe2008 - Pachube is out of alpha2008 - Arduino Ethernet shield is launched2008 - Nick O’Leary at IBM gets his Current Cost meter hooked up2009 - TinkerKit development is announced2009 - Tom Taylor gets a micro printer to talk Twitter2009 - Bubblino by Adrian McEwen is a fixture at Uk tech conferences

The internet of stuff?Things, “devices”, products…

I am my thingsSimple consumer reality, but is there more to it?

I am my devices

Communication throughNon-VerbalVerbalKeyboards / Touch

You

My devices

Your devices

My things

Your things

The Cloud

Me

Devices that knowNabaztagNike + iPodPokenSwinx

Arduino.ccCheap and easy wayto prototype with technologies

Started in 2005 100 K units sold

Decoupled technologyRFIDBluetoothXbee (wireless protocol from the construction industry)SensorsWifi / ethernetGPS

Stuff that knows and tells

I am consuming!Kill a watt

The baby is here!Kickbee

The cat is hereCaTaLog http://www.nermal.org/

I am thirstyBotanicalls

I am hereBubblino from Adrian McEwen

New product possibilitiesGuardian Twat raceRewindCentograph

Loosely joinedGoogle AndroidArduinoMakePachubeNintendoMIT

Pachube London, UK

ChallengesHow do you switch them off?How do you tell them to shut up?How do you lie?

“Nonverbal communication makes it easier to lie without being revealed.”

The future is almost thereNew investment from telcosPartnerships with smaller businessesA decentralised view of technology provisionUser-centered / generated solutionsAn internet of it all.

Thanks! Dank u!http://www.slideshare.net/jyri/microblogging-tiny-social-objects-on-the-future-of-participatory-media

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsinowww.tinker.it