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A short & sweet introduction to the Internet of Things

Where the f**k

Smart House!?

All I wanted is a Smart House

After 30 years full of promise I’m still waiting!

Unity Systems Home Manager ― 1985

I’m not even 30!but that’s not the point

Why no one cares?

* Melanie Panetta, Ain Group for SDM Mag

Less than < 5% equipped homes in the U.S.*

Who needs to use a touchscreen to turn ON a light?

Answer:

A Geek!5% of geeks in the U.S.?

Connected devices ≠ Valuesmart (\’smärt\)very good at learning or thinking about things- Merriam-Webster

Solving problems = Data + Algorithms = More Connected Devices + Smarter Software

Solving problems = Value

“The true power of connected devices lie in connecting them together” - Me, just now (+ everyone else for the past 30 years)

x10, Z-Wave, KNX, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Universal Powerline, Bus, Insteon, Wi-Fi

Getting objects to speak together is not easy

Home Automation 101Communication protocol press release kit

“<Your product> sets a new standard in home automation: all home automation devices will now be able to communication together provided they are using <your product> as a common protocol.”

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Google Android @Home, Qeo, Technicolor

Software guys did what they do best: frameworks

Home Automation 201Framework press release kit (extended business jargon version)

“<Your software product> is a software framework made of a core set of modules from which can be developed fully-fledged software solutions for consumer devices in order to realize a full interoperability between them. Some of these modules can also be added to existing software solutions to maximize interconnections.”

This Home Automation press release generator is license under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

Each company wants to be the center of the eco-system

Because it’s where the big money is

And run into the “chicken-and-egg” problem

“Single home automation standard not going to

happen”

Enter the Internet of Things revolution

Do one thing and do it well- Unix philosophy

Philips Hue

And there’s an App* for that!

*App is not a trademark of Apple Inc.

There’s an App for this too

Flower Power by Parrot

And for this too

Lockitron

And this

LIFX

Even many of them!“Holiday comes with dozens of apps to delight and entertain the whole family”

Holiday by MooresCloud

Who needs dozens of apps....for a Christmas tree?

Answer:

A Geek!But that’s not the point

What do all these devices have in common?

Based on open Web standard: TCP/IP, HTTP, REST (RESTFull)...

For the first time in years, connected objects start to play well togetherBy providing APIs for others to play with

And that’s what the Internet of Things is all about

“The Internet was about sharing of knowledge, the Internet of Things is about sharing what your device can do”

Ninja Blocks

Smarttings

The eggs being there, the chickens showed up

Providing APIs too, because my needs are different than yours

Ninja Blocks

New business models are left to be defined

Spartacus’s Home Cloud Plans

$0month

Ad supported*

$5month

Up to 100 connected devices

$10month

Unlimitedconnected devices

Up to 100 connected devices

Your data stay private

*Share anonimized data with selected partners (how much time you spend in the shower, what food you have in your fridge..). Terms and conditions may apply.

Your data stay private

“Smart object vendor? Join a community of thousands of supported devices and millions of AHS users, starting at only $0.005 per 1,000 request (GET, PUT,

COPY, POST, LIST)”

PaaS anyone?

“Comes with 2 years of Amazon Home support*”

*And stop working after

Security is also a concernHoney, the Roomba is trying to kill me!

And while app overload is around the corner

Look, I found a new app for my home!

The future is already on Kickstarter(and it rhymes!)

“Your Ninja Sphere learns about you, and your environment. It uses data from sensors and actuators to build a model that can inform you if something is out of place.”

Btw, I’m Laurent!

Embedded software engineer

Open source advocate

Connected objects geek

I get paid for playing with kewl objects

So we progress faster as a society

Otherwise my green plants would die

Rainbow unicorn trainerTwilight Sparkle & Co. shall die

And I build useless thingsWatchDuck: pool safety duck3-Axis accelerometer + 433MHz RF transceivers

M&M’s Sorter: because the blues!

OpenCV + ArduinoEleRider: catch the elevator

Color sensor + RC servo + Cat

3D printed design, schematics, source code: lab.laurentgoudet.com

Who-hoo we’re saved!Aren’t we?

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