Connected Objects:
The Internet of Things: partially awesome
The Internet of Things (IoT) connects people to objects and machines via, you guessed it, the internet.
Sensors are used to monitor objects and environments and send information to an online database.
via All Things D and readwriteweb.com
The Internet of Things: partially boring
Monitor verb
“To watch closely for purposes of control, surveillance…”
via dictionary.com
Object > Internet > Database
via cosm.com
Object > Internet > Object
via nest.com
Obsolete Objects
Bring obsolete objects out of retirement and find ways for them to serve the purpose they used to.
Breathe new life into them with new technology or the internet?
Letterpress images via 123rf.com
Obsolete Objects
Bring obsolete objects out of retirement and find ways for them to serve a NEW purpose.
Why?
- Obsolete objects are lonely
- Obsolete objects tell a history of our culture
- “secret life of things”
- We have different relationships with low-tech/no-tech objects than with cutting-edge technology
- Teddy bear vs. smartphone
- Moving from “stuff” to “no stuff” living
- A generation in transition
Resources
- P-Comp and soft circuits
- Historical precedents?
- IoT is very new (2009)
- Materials