mesh - what happens if you connect everything?

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MESHWHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CONNECT EVERYTHING?

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PHIL DEARSONFounder of Subsector Independent Consultancy

Almost 20 years in agencies: Head of Digital Head of Strategy Head of Innovation Head of UX Planning Director Technical Director (Alpha GEEK)

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#IOT

WEARABLES NEARABLES QUANTIFIED SELF M2M HUD BEACONS SMART EVERYTHING ETC!

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– Nikola Tesla, 1926

“When wireless is perfectly applied, the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain… and the instruments through which we shall be able to do this will be amazingly simple… A man will

be able to carry one in his vest pocket.”

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– Marshall McLuhan, 1964

“…by means of electric media, we set up a dynamic by which all previous technologies, including cities, will be translated into

information systems.”

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JULY 2011 - SOME GOODBYES

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HYPE CYCLE FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - JULY 2011

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HYPE CYCLE FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - JULY 2014

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WEAR [SIC] ARE WE NOW?

Health and Fitness

Quantified Employee

Surveillance

Edge Cases

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PLATFORM PROLIFERATION

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OSCAR INSURANCE CORPORATION - NEW YORK

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WALGREENS REWARDS FOR HEALTHY CHOICES

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WALGREENS DIGITAL HEALTH ADVISOR

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THE QUANTIFIED EMPLOYEE

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PERSONAL SURVEILLANCE - NARRATIVE CLIP

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GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE - VIEVU

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WHAT NEXT FOR WEARABLES?

Smart Watch

Smart Jewellery

HUD

Projected

Embedded?

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MICROSOFT HOLOLENS

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SKULLY AR-1

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CICRET PROJECTED INTERFACE

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DOLE WEARABLE BANANA

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WTF ARE NEARABLES?

Telematics

Beacons

Connected Home

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TELEMATICS - PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE

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SPONDA - PHYSICAL COOKIE

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CONNECTED HOME - WORKS WITH NEST

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SMART DUST

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MESH: 5 POINT PERSPECTIVE

Image: pixeljuggler

PERSONAL

PERVASIVE

PERSISTENT

PRESCIENT PROXIMATE

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MESH IMPLICATIONS

SLAVERY / FREEDOMDoes the Mesh trap us in a system of others’ devising or give us the power to control more of our lives?

2-TIER SYSTEMWill the poor be forced to be “quantified”?

PIEIn a Personal Information Economy who owns the data?

FARADAY ZONESWill we see the emergence of Mesh-free zones?

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