The thought of combining the physical world with the internet is kind of the vision for the next internet. The idea of obiquity is not new of course, but when seen from a practical perspective like this at least I find it easier to grasp what the whole thing is about. It's gonna be BIG.
May 27th, 2009 at 07:54
Intriging alright! Nice visual.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:44
We are starting to see it already with things like RFID tagging. The physical world is quite literally integrating with the digital. The truth is, we already live in a digital world, we are only just learning how to make the most of it. Here at Dare in London we talk about ‘marketing for a digital world’, rather than ‘digital marketing’.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:55
always great visuals here. thx.
and ben, yeap. totally right.
May 28th, 2009 at 20:35
What’s really interesting is not the sensor technology itself (like rfid or other type of sensors) but how they communicate with each other. I believe that the disseminiation of innovation always has been slower than necessary due to proprietary technologies, but with off-the-shelf base technologies and open platforms, the sky is the limit. Low-end obiquity can be achieved by sensors from Radio Shack and a Twitter-account. Think about using twitter not as a front-end interface but a back-end system that allows all the connected sensors communicate to you and to each other…
May 29th, 2009 at 11:01
The internet is decentralized, made up from its endpoint terminals. Social groups on the internet are formed according to the same network structure. Open source software is produced in a flat polyarchy.
Yet most of business, politics, religion and government are strict hierarchies.
This is where the friction arise between the old and new. The internet is showing us the power of organizing without organizations, how network structures are more efficient than hierarchies.
May 29th, 2009 at 17:02
Check out Kevin Slevin’s talk from PSFK New York. If nothing else, then for a energetic presentation with “Here’s your fucking mobile media plan” in it.
http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-psfk-conference-nyc-kevin-slavins-this-platform-called-everyday-life.html
and this technology savvy cat…. http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/twitterrfid-equals-one-futuristic-cat-door.html
Cool stuff all together, but the real hero isn’t technology but the minds who understand people enough to actually turn it into useful stuff. Technology has no limits.
May 31st, 2009 at 17:10
The catdoor, the bakery and the farting chair are great low-tech applications that use the same setup: a sensor, a programmable I/O box (that connects via USB to a PC) and twitter.
There are thousands of sensors avaiable today, everything from gyros to temperature, pressure, lightning to voice and smell.
My idea is to develop an open-standard format and an easy-to-use hardware piece with open-source plugins that allows for endless combinations and applications for just about anything.
Any venture capitalists around?
May 31st, 2009 at 17:33
Let me explain in the next post.
June 1st, 2009 at 13:17
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html