The Internet of Things and Humans 55
An anonymous reader writes "Speculating the future of human computer interaction, Tim O'Reilly contemplates how humans and things cooperate differently when things get smarter. He says, '[S]o many of the most interesting applications of the Internet of Things involve new ways of thinking about how humans and things cooperate differently when the things get smarter. It really ought to be called the Internet of Things and Humans ... is Uber an #IoT application? Most people would say it is not; it’s just a pair of smartphone apps connecting a passenger and driver. But imagine for a moment the consumer end of the Uber app as it is today, and on the other end, a self-driving car. You would immediately see that as #IoT. ... Long before we get to fully autonomous devices, there are many “halfway house” applications that are really Internet of Things applications in waiting, which use humans for one or more parts of the entire system. When you understand that the general pattern of #IoTH applications is not just sensor + network + actuator but various combinations of human + network + actuator or sensor + network, you will broaden the possibilities for interfaces and business models."
Dumbest trend ever (Score:4, Insightful)
The Internet of things is probably the worst thing that is being pushed right now, even worse than the cloud.
Re:#lot? (Score:0, Insightful)
Presumably #IoT = Internet of Things. But #I guess we're #supposed to invent #clever #hashtags for everything #now.
Yes, that's what it is. What do you expect from the retards pushing this "#IoT"?
Internet of things (Score:5, Insightful)
"Web 2.0" is a decade old now (Score:5, Insightful)
Yet, IoT advocates imagine within a few short years this magical IoT will create a system of intercommunicating hardware that will somehow work perfectly.
Yeah ok.