Making the web of things

Making the web of things

EURO OSCON Sept. 2006

Kent

Winston Churchill

Charles Dickens

Pond

Ducks

Commoditisation

Printing

DucksOpen Source

Javascript

Football

Maths

Politics

Genetics

FotangoPeople

Worth Based

Archery XPFreedom

Inkjets Electronics

Programming

Patents

Commoditisation

Printing

DucksOpen Source

Javascript

Football

Maths

Politics

Genetics

FotangoPeople

Worth Based

Archery XPFreedom

Inkjets Electronics

Programming

Patents

courtesy of Katrien Janin, Creative Commons License.

Image courtesy of Rob Wilson, LaserLines

Image courtesy of Inition

6’ Kouros Statue, Image courtesy of Materialise

Image courtesy of Thin Film Electronics

B.J. Norris et al, J. Phys. D. 36, L105 (2003) .

56 TTFT’s

e = mc 2

0.00023dp = mc

0.00023dp = mc

0.00023dp = mc

0.00023dp = mc

0.00023dp = mc

“The empires of the future are the

empires of the mind.”

"Bah! Humbug!"

Commoditisation

JudoTrading

C++

Football

Maths

Politics

Genetics

SecurityPeople

Snowboarding

Archery XPFreedom

Pepsi Electronics

Programming

Patents

Bridge

DatabasesActingBusiness theory

Microsoft

Cars

No Pond

Commoditisation

JudoTrading

C++

Football

Maths

Politics

Genetics

SecurityPeople

Snowboarding

Archery XPFreedom

Pepsi Electronics

Programming

Patents

Bridge

DatabasesActingBusiness theory

Microsoft

Cars

Wikipedia : change from monopolistic to perfect

competition

today’s hot stuff

tomorrow’s boredom

1890’s 1930’s

NationalGridElectricity

UbiquitousDistributedRare thing

= 6 x

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

CRM

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

Consultants

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

ABC System

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

Salesforce

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

ABC System

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

Consultants

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

CRM

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

Competitive Advantage

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading EdgeNew thing

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading Edge

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading Edge

Cost of doing business

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading Edge

New Thing Standard Products

Utility Service

Leading Edge

open source

Factory

Factory ≡ One thing

Digital PhysicalDigital

Factory ≡ Many things

FactoryUbiquitousDistributedManufacture

Central Lab Home Printers

Retail Printing

LocalLabs

Images courtesy of Dr Nick Stone, Novalia

Images courtesy of Dr Nick Stone, Novalia

Substrate

Add metal

Etching

Extraction

Add Light sensitive film

Photo finishing

Expose through mask

Substrate

Print

FactoryUbiquitousDistributedManufacture

open source hardware

Image controlled application of a material

to a substrate

courtesy of Katrien Janin, Creative Commons License.

Image courtesy of Rob Wilson, LaserLines

Image courtesy of Elumin8

Image courtesy of Pelikon

DepositionFlexographic

Gravure

Screen

Offset Litho.

Stamp.

Flexographic

Impression cylinder

Plate cylinder (image)

anilox rollInk supply

Substrate

Bruce Kahn, RIT, 2005

Image courtesy of Jie Zhang, Motorola Printed Electronics Group, Printed Electronics Conference

Image courtesy of Dr Nick Stone, Novalia

Images courtesy of Dr Nick Stone, Novalia.

< 10 Micron Track width

Deposition

Digital

3DPtmSLS

SLA

DLP SLM

HSS

Flexographic

Gravure

Screen

Offset Litho.

Stamp.

SLA

laser

Vat of photopolymer

Printed object

Mirror or Scanning system

Moveable platform

Image from TurkCadCam.net

6’ Kouros Statue, Image courtesy of Materialise

3DPtm

Roller

Powder

Unused Powder

Printed object

Ink well (glue)

Inkjet head

Deposition

Digital

3DPtmSLS

SLA

DLP SLM

HSS

Flexographic

Gravure

Screen

Offset Litho.

Stamp.

FDMMJMInkjet

LOMLENS

Inkjet Ink wells (material)

Inkjet headUV curing

Platform

Printed object

Image courtesy of Inition.

Image courtesy of Thin Film Electronics.

Inkjet + Metalisation

0.5 m/s

< 100 umMetalJet 6000, Image courtesy of Conductive Inkjet

Technology.

R2R

Image courtesy of Conductive Inkjet Technology.

Ceramics

Metal nano-particlesQuantum Dots

UV curable polymers

Carbon nanotubesMetallorganics

AdhesivesSilica

Printed using inkjets

The Spime

Digital PhysicalDigital

RFID home help

Second Life Sex Aids

Greg’s Train Time Alarm Clock

hardware > software

≡ silicon 1980s

hardware ≡ software

Change

Hardware? Software?

CAD

Instruction set

Language

Instruction set

Function

Hardware Software

InstructionsInstructions

Function

Hardware Software

Instructions

Compiler

Instructions

Function

Hardware Software

Instructions

Spime ScriptCompiler

Instructions

Building objects and electronics

Distributed manufacturing

Open source hardware

Spime script

"Bah! Humbug!"

“The empires of the future are the

empires of the mind.”

Thank you