Hardware technology is driving a significant revolution in the commerce world, where inexpensive hardware and revitalized standards, like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Bluetooth Low Energy, are enabling a hack space for payment technology. As we explore these technology standards, we'll see how the startups and small scale developers are the ones changing the path of the future of commerce.

1. Hardware to Web
Commerce Revolution
Jonathan LeBlanc (@jcleblanc)
Head of Developer Evangelism
PayPal North America

2. Early Hardware Days

3. Mainstreaming Effect

4. Hardware Prototyping

5. Hardware Toolbox
Arduino
Arduino / Raspberry Pi / Leap Motion / etc.
Rasperry Pi
Leap Motion

6. Arduino Payments

7. https://temboo.com/arduino

8. Setting These Devices Apart

9. Leap Motion Auctions

10. Physical Shopping

11. Using the Location

12. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

13. How the Technology Works
A transparent bridge from device to IP
Central
Device
Peripheral
Bridge
IP Address
Endpoint

14. Connection: Continuous vs Intermittent
Throughput: 0.7-2.1 Mbit/s vs 0.27 Mbit/s
Power Consumption: 1 mW vs 0.01-0.5 mW
Range: 100 meters vs 50 meters

15. Use and Adoption
• Devices can support both bluetooth
and BLE (dual mode), or just one
• Over 2 billion current connections

17. What’s in Store for Us?

18. Thank You!
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Jonathan LeBlanc (@jcleblanc)
Head of Developer Evangelism
PayPal North America