The landscape of commerce has shifted significantly over the last few years, and new technologies are enabling interconnected devices to blur the traditional offline and online boundaries of shopping. Within this talk, we'll explore how technologies like Bluetooth Low Energy, Arduino, and Leap Motion are building a new hardware landscape for commerce developers to shift the world notion of traditional commerce.

1. Upheaval of Open Commerce
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. Leap Motion Auctions

9. Physical Shopping

10. Using the Location

11. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

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

13. 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. What’s in Store for Us?

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