The Renaissance of connected things - EclipseDay Florence 2014

Benjamin Cabé | @kartbenhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/94571281@N00/44997773

EclipseDay Florence | May 23, 2014

The Renaissanceof connected things

“Creativityis justconnectingthings”

— Steve Jobs

“Creativityis just connectingthings”

— Steve Jobs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkrause/8476743612

connecting things?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkrause/8476743612

fragmentation

fragmentation

complexity

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiperoni/239435850/

fragmentation

lock-inhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/photosightfaces/8152791780/

complexityhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/cyberslayer/952953634

2nd Renaissance?

Renaissance painters were hacking colors by adding crushed marble or glass to give them more body

Materials

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_norris/2315604304/

Materials

Extract from “The Plictho of Gioanventura Rossetti” first published in Venice in 1548. Translated by Sidney M. Edelstein and Hector C. Borghetty, The MIT Press (1969).

Materials in 2014

Materials in 2014

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cibergaita/97220057/

Communication

Around 1450, Gutenberg improved the movable type system

It introduced the era of mass communication we still live in

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cibergaita/97220057/

Communication in 2014

Open source communities and social networks foster open innovation and developers engagement

Open communication protocols like MQTT or CoAP are movable type for Things

Movable press and printing type were not the only technical advancements during Renaissance

Tools

Floating dock

Lifting tower (crane)

Sea astrolabe

etc.

Fab labs & hackerspaces make tools accessible to the majority

Tools in 2014

Tools in 2014

Fab labs & hackerspaces make tools accessible to the majority

Tools in 2014

Prototyping platforms like Arduino and programming languages like Javascript make hardware hacking easier

Wealthy people like the Medicis or the Borgias sponsored many artists during the Renaissance

We probably wouldn’t know of Leonardo, Michelangelo or Raphael if it weren’t for them

Patrons

Patrons in 2014

Raspberry Pi Foundation is promoting the study of basic computer science in schools, and develops the Raspberry Pi

Intel® is donating 50,000 Galileo boards to 1,000 universities worldwide

And many more… ARM, Texas Instruments, …

Connecting

things

with…

Meet Rapiro!

Open Hardware

Runs Eclipse Orion…

… and MQTT

Could we be more creative in terms of reinventing our materials, tools, and ways of communicating?

DEMO

The order is rapidly fading And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'

The times are a-changinʼ

“

Thank you!

benjamin@eclipse.org

@kartben

http://blog.benjamin-cabe.com

http://iot.eclipse.org

References

Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis - ISBN 0-309-54961-2

http://2renaissance.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-samfield/6137588470/

Benjamin Cabé | @kartbenEclipseDay Florence | May 23, 2014

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