OpenHardware,OpenSoftware,OpenCommunities:

anewIoT innovationecosystem

FabioAntonelli– CREATE-NETRome,28th October2015

IoT360Summit– 2015TechnologyForecastSession

BuildingIoT Solutions:Challenges

HardwareIntegration

SoftwareInteroperability

PlethoraofCommunicationProtocols

StandardizationEfforts(à Confusion)

LackofSkills

PrivacyandDataControlIssues

AccessibilityofIoT AppsinaGlobalMarket

WhatrolecanplayOpenHw,Sw andOpenCommunities?

A.OpenSourceHardware

A.TheRoleofOpenHardware:foreducationalpurposes….

• Arduino:createdin2005asaprojectforstudents(Italy,MassimoBanzi)– Overonemillion(un-officialnumbers)Arduinossoldin7years

– alotofflavours,differentproviders• RaspberryPi:createdin2006inUK,topromoteteachingofcomputerscienceinschoolsandindevelopingcountries– 5millionRaspberryPiunitsin2015

A.TheRoleofOpenHardware:FastPrototypingandValidation

• ForMakers:helpingthemtoprototypesolution/DIYprojects

• ForStartups:prototypingsolutions,creationofMVP,etc

Asetofprototypingtoolsandplatforms:

A.IoT HardwareMarketforFastPrototyping

Thisrapidgrowthhascreatedarealmarket

A.IoT HardwareMarketforFastPrototyping

• ManyprojectsfromStartups• SomeofthemfoundedviaCrowdfundingcampaigns

• Recentlybigplayerswillingtoenterintothismarket

A.TheIoT Hardwareopportunities

• Possible integrations andextensions withapletora ofpluggablesensors andactuators

A.TheIoT HardwareopportunitiesMassiveadoptionofwearabledevices(smartwatches,trackers)

A.TheIoT Hardwareopportunities

• SmartTags,SmartHomeDevices,Drones,Robots

A.OpenHardware:theadvantages

• Replicability,Adaptabilityà creationofamarketplace

• TimetoMarket

• Loweringcosts forprototyping,designing,engineeringIoT solutions

B.OpenSoftwareforIoT

• Softwareplaysacriticalroleatdifferentlevels:– Attheedge,atsensingandactuationlevel;– M2Mlevel;– Gatewaylevel;– Inthecloud

• ChallengesexistforaffordingthecreationofIoT solutions:– Platformsfragmentations– Toomanystandards==nostandards– Closedverticalsolutions

OpenSourcecancontributeindifferentareasandatdifferentextents

B.OpenSoftwareforIoT

• OpenSoftwareforIoT:– Projects(toolkits,middleware,…)– Librariesforcommunication(protocols)– Platforms– Embeddedsystems(tinyOS,RioT,…)– Implementationsofstardards (AllJoin à allSeenAlliance,OM2METSISmartM2Mspecification,…)

B.OpenSoftwareforIoT

DeviceSoftware

B.OpenSoftwareforIoT

DeviceSoftware

B.OpenSoftwareforIoT

DeviceSoftware

CoAP

OMALWM2MMQTT

ClientLibraries+Server+SandBox

B.OpenSoftwareforIoT

DeviceSoftware

B.OpenSoftwareforIoT

Back-endPlatformsWhereitallbegun…

nowwehaven’tonlycommercialsolutions….

C.IoT OpenCommunities

HardwareHypeCycleAvailabilityofeasy-to-useopenhw &sw platforms

Emergence:reasonswhy….

…andofcollaborationplatforms

C.IoT OpenCommunities

• Hackerspaces

• FabLabs

C.IoT OpenCommunities• >100MakerFairsperYear

• Meetup Communities• (IoT Meetup,Hadware,

Software,…)

C.WhoareIoT Developers

• SomeHighlightsfromarecent“EclipseIoTDevelopersSurvey”:

• Arduino,RaspberryPi,etc arekeyplatformsfordevelopers.Over80%overdevelopers havesomeexperience withthesetypesofhardwareplatforms.

• OpensourceispervasiveinIoT.Over80%ofdevelopers reporttheircompanies havepoliciesuseopensourcesoftwareforIoT solutions.

C.WhoareIoT Developers

VisionMobile Survey(2015):• 53%ofmobiledevelopersarealready involvedinIoTdevelopment

• Notall“makers”either.45%ofthemareprofessionals,seekingtobuildorgrowabusinessoutofIoT.

FromDIYtoBusiness….

• Hardwarestartups:

Source:TomasTuginz,fromCrounchbaseInvestmentStages(A,B,C,Seeds)

ANewIoT InnovationEcosystem

Trends:• RoleofindividualsintheIoT landscape:newinnovativeideasarepushedbyindividualspurshuing theircreativity;

• AlotofIoT innovationideasandsolutionsareconveyedbyandthroughStartups;

• Largecompaniesprefertoacquireventure-backedstartupstoacceleratetheirinnovationefforts,istead ofinternalinvestments.

ANewIoT InnovationEcosystem

Individuals

Startups

Companiesneedforprofessional tools,openplatformsandcommunities

Crowdfunding asapossible toolforgettingsupport

Someexamples:SmartThings – SamsungPTC- Thingworx ,Axeda

OpenHw,SW&Communities:TheAdvantages

• AccelerateInnovationDelivery:– Fastprotyping thankstoopenhw &swplatforms

– FastMarketValidation(e.g.:throughcrowdfundingcampaigns)

• LowerMarketBarriers:– Costs:thankstoalotofnewhardwareandopensoftwareaccessibleintermsofpriceandintegrability (sensors,martwatches,trackers,smarthomedevices)

– Skills/Knowledgeacquisition