JUST

IN

THE

IOT

Is

Child’s Play

Theo Priestley

Technology Evangelist, Advisor, Analyst

Twitter: @ITredux

http://www.linkedin.com/in/theopriestley

”[2013] we had nine areas of skills shortages, now we have 43 areas. Every

single type of engineering is in short supply, from mechanical to software,

civil to electrical.”

"In IT, coders, programmers, developers are all in short supply.”

Kevin Green, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation

They call themselves

The Millennials...

What a bunch of a-holes

Imagine if your toys could talk to each other

Buckstone Primary School

Edinburgh

Classes P3-P7

Input from over 100 pupils in total

And 1 very eager IT teacher

Robots/ AI in the workspace will be commonplace

Automated helpers

Ambient virtual assistants

Robots with a productivity purpose

The bottom line: Design things to be part of the process

! TEACHER INPUT ALERT ! 3D printed food replication

The bottom line: Design printery things to have no limits

Replaces the vending machine

Healthy snacks only

Understand ingredients and end result

Physical interfaces we see today will be replaced by holo-technology

‘Roll up and take home’ virtual

environments

Every surface is an inter(sur)face

- walls, windows

No PC

The bottom line: Design things to be stealthy

HSFID – Holographic Stuff Fitted Into Desk

Renewable energy sources were considered mandatory

Self-charging device energy

requirements were to be offset by using

waste and pollutants as recyclable fuels

Smart windows – as displays, as energy

sources

Office waste immediately converted

The bottom line: Design things to be multi-use and ecothingy

Biometrics and facial recognition to play a big part in security

Devices are expected to identify users

passively, not explicitly

Not a single mention of ‘password’ to

access devices

Children value the idea of privacy long

before they understand

the full implications of it

The bottom line: Design things to be passively secure to the user

! TEACHER INPUT ALERT ! We don’t need no thought control

“Brainstorming hat” !

Language and Communication

The bottom line: Teachers like Douglas Adams and JK Rowling

Work environment shaped to employee moods

The bottom line: Design things to change the emotion of work

Crowdshaping and in reverse

No more Dilbert cubes

Emotional connection to work

Out of Office

The bottom line: Design things to reimagine how we want to communicate

High proportion cited using video

technologies as main collaboration tool

Fixed line comms are a no-no – it’s all

mobile devices from here

Drone cams and glasses record meetings

and work-life

JUST

IN

THE

”[2013] we had nine areas of skills shortages, now we have 43 areas. Every

single type of engineering is in short supply, from mechanical to software,

civil to electrical,”

"In IT, coders, programmers, developers are all in short supply.”

Kevin Green, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation

There’s a scruffy looking, LED powered,

Hasselhoff doppelganger who cries,

“Developers are the new Kingmakers !”

I’m here to claim,

“Engineers are the new Kingslayers !”

10 year old builds a ‘Gameboy’ and

programmes 8x8 dot matrix version of

Snake on Christmas Day

Before we have a Business of IOT

IOT needs to go to school

Fluffy rugs…

One more thing…

Thank You

Twitter: @ITredux

http://www.linkedin.com/in/theopriestley