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Internet of Things

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The “Internet of Things” is currently used to describe two inter-related trends: using the Internet to connect things, and using the Internet to make things.

1. Using the Internet to Connect Things First we connected computers to share data, then we connected people (social media), now we’re connecting everyday things. “In 2008 the number of objects connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on the planet. By 2020 there will be about 50 Billion things online.” (http://www.cable360.net/ct/51873.html) The Internet of Things, also called Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, is a potentially lucrative growing business “The Rise of Machines” http://www.managementthinking.eiu.com/rise-machines.html (Economist report, April 2012) Introductory Videos: • Internet of Things: http://youtu.be/Cpbbrpgwu2I • DigitalAgendaEU : Internet of Things, Teasers 1, 2, 3 http://youtu.be/kq8wcjQYW90, http://youtu.be/RTdRUwl9JsA, http://youtu.be/lkIXHzcU5XA Technological Advances Making IOT Possible: • Internet-speed • Sensors (position, temperature, cameras, ph, sound, chemical ...) • Power sources • Materials (displays, wearable electronics) Down Side? Privacy & security. The EU has just started public consultations on the Internet of Things. http://goo.gl/m9Cyx Examples: • Sensor Apps for a Smarter World: http://goo.gl/tEb01 • "Pills that text you when you forget to take them" http://goo.gl/hmotu • Samsung Smart Window: http://youtu.be/m5rlTrdF5Cs • Bontanicalls (your plants tell you when they're thirsty): www.botanicalls.com • MyRobots: www.myrobots.com • Smart Homes: http://goo.gl/hsNEQ • Ninja Blocks: http://goo.gl/4eh1L • Littlebits: http://littlebits.cc/ (TED Talk: http://goo.gl/hn6hd) • Thinfilm Sensors for smart packaging: www.thinfilm.no

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Internet of Things 2. Using the Internet to Make Things 3D Printing (“Additive Manufacturing”) is poised to revolutionize industry and design. “The Next Industrial Revolution: Atoms are the new Bits” http://goo.gl/6ZjVx Introducing 3D Printing • A primer on 3D printing (TED): http://goo.gl/abUaS • Will 3D Printing Change the World? (Forbes): http://goo.gl/wOQ8n • Future of 3D Printing: http://goo.gl/lAvQ2 • Explaining the Future: www.explainingthefuture.com/3dprinting.html • 3D Printing in Public Libraries: http://youtu.be/HCXlJ36x-q0 3D Printers Front-runners at CES 2012 (Consumer Electronics Show): (http://goo.gl/eoYqg) • Makerbot (Replicator & Thing-o-Matic): www.makerbot.com • 3D systems (The Cube): http://www.3dsystems.com Others: • Solidoodle: http://www.solidoodle.com • Desktop Factory: http://desktopfactory.com • Dimension Printing: http://www.dimensionprinting.com/ Thing Designs: Download: • Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com (Makerbot) • Cubify: www.cubify.com (3D Systems) • Shapeways: www.shapeways.com Scan: • NextEngine: http://www.nextengine.com/ • Matterport Hand-Held: http://goo.gl/JI6ZF Create: (Makerbot wiki: http://wiki.makerbot.com/how-to-print#toc4) • Google Sketchup: http://sketchup.google.com • Blender: www.blender.org • Lenoar3do: www.leonar3do.com Communities of Thing Makers (Hackerspaces, Maker Spaces, FabLabs) • Thingtank Labs, Toronto: http://www.thingtanklab.com/ • Canadian maker passport: http://www.thingtanklab.com/makerpassport/ • World-Wide Hackerspaces: http://hackerspaces.org/



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Internet of Things Down Sides? Copyright and intellectual property: Pirate Bay's Physibles: http://goo.gl/bblHY Green revolution (lower transportation costs, making things from our garbage) or environmental catastrophe (making more things than we need)?

Examples: Plastics: • Most commercially available 3D printers print (Lego-like) plastic objects. Food: • 3D printer makes dessert http://goo.gl/QnAZD Medicine: • Bioprinting: http://youtu.be/VoqCMJ6lQpA • Tissues on demand (Organvo): www.organovo.com • Drugs: http://goo.gl/WP11L & http://goo.gl/IELIc • Titanium Bone Implants: http://goo.gl/Gowiq • Artificial limbs: www.bespokeinnovations.com • Scanning the ear canal: http://goo.gl/QnbF0 • Foot scanners: http://goo.gl/CnbKx Electronics: Thinfilm sensors: http://goo.gl/sZqFr Restoration & Construction • Forbidden City: http://goo.gl/Wdohi & http://goo.gl/1RWNW • Printing in Space: http://goo.gl/KR1eb Retail: • Body scanners for determining clothing size at Target: http://goo.gl/TH6z6 & http://goo.gl/qPNZG Printing Tiny Things: • The world's smallest 3D printer (TED): http://goo.gl/TMHZq • Printing a Microscopic Car: http://goo.gl/H1TvY More Examples: • Sensor Apps for a Smarter World: www.cable360.net/ct/51873.html • Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020



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