The Internet of Things

• A Manifesto for Networked Objects

• The Invisible Design

Raeleen Murugan, Karina Nicole, Karen Wan, Nathan Smofksy, Cecelia Richter

& Brian Kangethe

A Manifesto for Networked Objects

Author: Julian Bleecker

Blogjects•An Objects that blogs•Blogs about facts•Influencing how humans move and live in

a physical space•The future of WEB 2.0 to World 2.0

Agency•Not Artificial Intelligence•The importance's of experience•Adapting to surroundings

3 characteristics of Blogjects• Track and trace where they are and have

been• Have (embedded) experiences and histories• Have an agency; participate and have a voice

in the social web

Discussion

•What is the significant of our original occupancy of space, with these “things” also present?

iSee• Institute for Applied

Autonomy• a site/program that allows

users to get directions like Google maps.

• Shows location of surveillance cameras throughout the city (new york)

• Gives you directions from point a to point b avoiding all cameras

• Video :  http://vimeo.com/6163268

Kundi Project

• Surveillance cameras inside refuge camps where rape and murdered happens

• Reframes the meaning of physical space

Discussion•How does your behavior change when we

are aware the world is watching?

The Invisible Design

Scott Dadich

New Aesthetics

•social networks

•omnipresence surveillance

•algorithms, and interconnectivity…

Station to Station•Doug Aitken •Visual, physical, local & global • new topography •art is dynamic, ever changing &

temporary

Discussion•How does the seamlessness (of

invisibility) change our experiences of the art?

Facebook Demetricator •Net art •Depersonalisation •Algorithim, codes experiences

Discussion•Facebook is a personalized platform – if

you remove the personal elements, does it alter its purpose?

•Does depersonalizing Facebook ruin the experience?

Like Magic - Cliff Kuang

• “As designers move off of screens into the larger world, they’ll need to consider every nuance of our everyday activity &

understand human behaviour”

Netflix•Going beyond the screen •Perfect interfaces = intrusion of our lives,

or a convenience?•Technology responding to our needs, a

better understanding of our way of life

Comparisons/Relations

•Themes: Surveillance

•New Aesthetic

•User Experience/ Interface