Designing for the Web of ThingsI had the chance to participate in the Internet of things debate during the B-Ware week at Brest, France and to make a talk during a special session dedicated to the design of connected objects. I uploaded my slides on SlideShare and embedded them below:
As more and more things, sensors, appliances and devices are getting connected to the Internet, researchers of the Web of Things community have recently been exploring the use of the World Wide Web as a platform for smart objects. Such technology enables the creation of object-based applications mixing real-world objects that embed tiny Web servers with existing Web resources. To ensure the adoption of such applications, which potentially modify the behaviors of objects, it is needed that the overall system or architecture supports the mental models developed by users. In a paper presented at the second international workshop on the Web of Things (in conjunction with the ninth international conference on pervasive computing), we propose a definition of object-based applications based on the literature review and present a protocol aiming at better understanding users’ perception of smart environments. We present our preliminary results and highlight the need of creating intelligible systems and tools. Our presentation is available on Slideshare and embedded below:
I finally took the time to upload an old presentation I gave at the very beginning of my thesis work. This can be seen as a short introduction to the Internet of things in which I higlight the need to design proper user interface for connected objects. One of my main concern at the time was the ongoing disappearence of physical artefacts and the democratization of touch interfaces. I had the feeling that we were going towards an internet of screens rather than an internet of things and illustrate this trend with the example of the alarm-clock. The presentation is available for download on SlideShare and embedded below.