IoT in the service of Man or Man enslaved by IoT?
summary
The talk examines IoT applied to human needs by showing concrete devices: a DIY bedtime-enforcing LED clock for children, a connected pillbox and walker that reduce caregiver load, and small CubeSat satellites to lower costs. It also documents failures — devices breaking when cloud vendors change (Particle limits, Nabaztag shutdown) and privacy lapses (Nest microphone, Thermomix Android) — and advocates for frugality, offline fallbacks and explicit data-retention choices.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00IoT conference intro
- 7:52Connected objects serving humans
- 12:30IoT for elderly and health
- 18:16Automatic data collection
- 22:41Risks and limits of IoT
- 26:29Privacy and data control
- 34:13Recent IoT advances
- 37:28Designing resilient IoT
- 43:38Frugality and privacy in IoT
- 47:14Conclusion
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