Lessons Learnt from Building Bubblino (a Thing on the Internet)
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Lessons Learnt From Building Bubblino
(a Thing on the Internet)
Adrian McEwen - www.mcqn.com
Who Am I?
Putting the Internet into things since 19951995: Cash registers1996: Joins STNC, embedded Internet startup1997: PDAs – Psion Series 51998: Built first web browser on a mobile
phone1999: STNC acquired by Microsoft
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Who Am I?
2002: Left Microsoft, founded own company2006: Set-top boxes2008: ArduinoMCQN Ltd. builds Internet of Things products
for ourselves and for others.
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Bubblino
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Challenges
• Prototyping• Design to be unobtrusive• Making it consumer-friendly• Scaling up production• Explaining the Internet of Things
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Prototyping
• Not as tricky or expensive as it sounds• Hardware is pretty cheap these days• Build it yourself, or • Get someone to build it for you• Digital fabrication tools getting cheaper and
more widespread
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Design for the Background
• The tyranny of the power LED• Design for humans, not factories• Degrade gracefully• Magic as metaphor
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Making it Consumer-friendly
• Needs to work seamlessly• How do you configure a device that doesn't
have a screen or a keyboard?• Getting connectivity: wired vs. wireless
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Scaling Up?
• Lots of lovely prototypes/one-offs, but lots of people stall at this step.
• A gulf between artwork and product• Outsource whole problem• Do it yourself
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Explaining the Internet of Things
• Lots of competing terms• Don't worry about the tech, focus on
uses/benefits• Promotion from IBM, Cisco, et al a double-
edged sword
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Thank You. Any Questions?
MCQN Ltd website:http://www.mcqn.comOr email [email protected] Personal Blog: http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/Or on twitter I’m @amcewen
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