The Internet of Things

The Internet of Social Things

Andrew Spooner

@andspo

Microsoft

DISCLAIMER

• The future is subject to change • Everything you‟re about to see/hear might be wrong • Everything you‟re about to see/hear might be right • Some of what you‟re about to see / hear might happen

Origins & Inspirations

Vannevar Bush & The Memex

“He has dozens of possibly pertinent books and articles in his memex. First he runs through an encyclopedia, finds an interesting but sketchy article, leaves it projected. Next, in a history, he finds another pertinent item, and ties the two together. Thus he goes, building a trail of many items. Occasionally he inserts a comment of his own, either linking it into the main trail or joining it by a side trail to a particular item. “

Connectivity

The Internet of Things

Talking Toaster Video

• “Yo Spoon man, wassup? BTW, we‟re out of butter, the fridge told me. Oh, and the vacuum says the dog‟s been sick in the lounge.”

Talking Toaster Video

• “Yo Spoon man, wassup? BTW, we‟re out of butter, the fridge told me. Oh, and the vacuum says the dog‟s been sick in the lounge.”

Talking Toaster Video

• “Yo Spoon man, wassup? BTW, we‟re out of butter, the fridge told me. Oh, and the vacuum says the dog‟s been sick in the lounge.”

So, these ‘things’ how many?

During 2008, the number of „things‟ connected to the internet exceeded the number of people on earth

Awareness

Geospatial & Social

@bubblino

Awareness

Of us…

55 MILLION 60% INCREASE IN YoY SALES

10 MILLION KINECTS FASTEST SELLING CONSUMER PRODUCT OF ALL TIME

35 MILLION LIVE SUBSCRIBERS IN 35 COUNTRIES

Large & Growing

UK: >6.7 M

UK: >2 M UK: >4.7 M

X-Box: Bigger Audience

Kinect - gaming

Kinect - gaming

Kinect – voice & gesture control

kinect – voice & gesture control

Audrey Penven: Dancing with Invisible Light - http://flic.kr/p/8Vh4uK

Kinect for Windows SDK

What have people done with it?

A YouTube playlist of Kinect Applications http://ubel.ly/n56LaR

Social Kinect

Intelligent machines?

Morals of the story

1. The things are aware

2. Intelligent location and social awareness is becoming a user expectation

3. Embrace the cloud

andrew.spooner@microsoft.com

@andspo

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