The Internet of Natural Things

The Internet of Natural Things Simon Collison @colly

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Part one /
Research

Introduction

Embracing technology

The new image of nature

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818

Nottingham Trent University peregrine I live my life in the citeh…

British Birds by mydigitalearth

Merlin Bird ID from Cornell Lab

Song Sleuth from Wildlife Acoustics

iNaturalist

Merlin Bird ID (Cornell Lab), and British Trees (Woodland Trust)

Echo Meter Touch 2 (footage from BBC Springwatch)

Brian Suda — Sensors and Sensibility

CAT S61 smartphone

Senses Research

Te c h n o

Te c h n o biophilia B

Design biophilia c B

Some brain science

Restorative reprieves

Senses / Mental stimulus Research

what3words

3WordPhoto

Ordnance Survey subscription, AR mode

Looksee app / British geological Survey

Viewranger

Urban Good London National Park City map

Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Research

Animal Tracker app

50,000 wild animals equipped with GPS units

Ospreys of Newfoundland Facebook community

Te c h n o biophilia

Firewatch

Future Unfolding

Farmville

Grand The " Auto V

Dorothy Howard —photo from Nottingham Post

A new beauty

I am SO GORGEOUS

@anna_debenham I’m just a scrag — but I’m YOUR scrag

Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Connections / Data / Simulation Research

Nose to Tail measure

Only 10% have ever played in wild places Kids and nature Only a third know that acorns come from trees Less than 50% have found frogspawn in the wild Every Child Wild survey by The Wildlife Trusts, 2015

Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy

Bird Sounds, an AI experiment from Google

Naturebytes

Senses / Mental stimulus / Place / Knowledge Research Connections / Data / Simulation

Part two /
Development

Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Connections / Data / Simulation / Knowledge
The web / Nature Space / Light / Time Research
Material

Physics is a language of
light

Music is a language of
time

Architecture is a language of
space

Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Connections / Data / Simulation / Knowledge The web / Nature Space / Light / Time Research Material how fancy

Guiding principles

Ideation Scriptwrite the experience, with real words Explore the highest-level experiences Don’t think within rectangles: think without edges Consider intentions and resulting events Think about designing moments in time 1 Bullet points!

Physicality Be spatially aware of what you’re building Visualise it as spaces, with rooms and doorways Imagine it in 3D, and draw how that feels Design an open-ended experience, find natural boundaries Imagine someone moving through your experience 2

Purpose Less tasks or goals; more open learning Encourage exploration without being too abstract Help people accomplish new and unexpected things Build a lens through which the world can be seen differently 3 Is this… powerpoint? Bullets

Choice Don’t paralyse with too much choice Offer the right amount at the right time Trigger choices in the right context Provide clear, simple, minimal prompts Define realistic expectations 4 I chose bullets

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Cra " machine personality gently, and cautiously Know when to use humour, and don’t overdo it Offer warmth, but avoid over-familiarity Be kind, patient, and act as guide Be forgiving, and allow the system to be forgiven too 5 I learned nothing from that TED book

Trust Set out to improve lives; avoid guilt or addiction Make as few demands as possible Avoid ambiguity and unguided assumptions Catch errors before they happen, be honest when they do Allow consent 6 FFS

Learning Create experiences that are open and inviting Consider multi-sensory inputs Increase learning through repeated experience Build system knowledge through habit Offer gently persuasive feedback, non-addictive rewards 7 WTF When will it end?

Onboarding Get started quickly Unobtrusive guidance, always available Slow and thoughtful steps; a little at a time Encourage discovery, ensure early results Support failure and gently correct 8 I bet they’re really sick of bullets

Notifications Quietly serve without continuous distraction Manageable, concise, polite, and actionable Contextual to time, place, and learned routine Consider levels of urgency, and alternatives to sound If a notification doesn’t improve quality of life, kill it 9 zzz

Context This is everything! 10 OK last one!

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A B C D OS Default apps

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A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS Third party apps

A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS

A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS “Spaces Compatible”

A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS Spaces Work Home Study Social

A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B D D 1 1 3 1 3 1 9 6 10 10 Spaces OS Work Home Study Social A D A D

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Spaces compatibility Guides app contains modules that enhance appropriate Spaces. You control which Spaces the app will enhance. Nature Fitness Indoor Explorer

Nearby Recent There’s a popular park two blocks East View popular sightings near here Shana pinged from Southern Cuba 4 new images from your backyard camera Save Fave Open 23 observations submitted to Movebank

‘Place-onas’

Big questions

The future?

Our computers should be like our childhood: an invisible foundation that is quickly forgotten but always with us, and effortlessly used throughout our lives. Mark Weiser / The World is Not a Desktop, 1993 “ ”

A new environment

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