ThingsCon 2015, Amsterdam, Internet of Things

1. Thingclash
Scott Smith
Natalie Kane
Susan Cox-Smith
CHANGEIST
@thingclash
#thingclash
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2. Thingclash is a framework for considering
cross-impacts and implications of colliding
technologies, systems, cultures and values
around the Internet of Things.
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3. Project Objectives
• To provide a platform for collection of and collaboration around critical analysis of the
IoT
• To find and make legible friction points not only at a technology level, but more
importantly at social, economic, and policy levels as well
• To turn this understanding of the landscape into tools useful to technologists, product
and service designers, developers, researchers, policy makers and others as they
create a more sustainable IoT
• To roll all of this into a broader framework for understanding how the IoT can best fit
into the world.
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4. CHANGEIST

5. Image: koruna.co.uk
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6. Withings

7. CAMERA

8. AR GLASSES

9. LISTENING DEVICE

10. TRACKER/MONITOR

11. SMART HUB

12. SMART WATCH

13. BEACON

14. APPLIANCE

15. SELF-DRIVING CAR

16. ROBOTICS

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21. Workshop Approach
• Intros
• What is Thingclash
• Getting to know two Things
• Journeys and Frictions
• Discussion
• Wrap-up
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22. Frictions/Clashes
• Social (behaviors, habits)
• Technical (connections, APIs)
• Business (ecosystems, ownership)
• Values (desires, fears, aspirations)
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23. Collaborate with us
• Extend the toolset(s) for exploring and modeling IoT in the world.
• Add your point of view
• Add to the Critical IoT Reading List
• Host workshops
• Suggest other activities or adventures
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24. Find us at:
thingclash.com
@thingclash
ssmith@changeist.com
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