Connected doll Cayla, connected TVs & the legal status of IoT in Germany
Over the last few weeks there’s been a lot of discussion around the security of connected toys. One case stood out not just because of insufficient security practices…
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Essential writing from 2016
As 2017 is picking up steam and (especially under the ThingsCon banner) we’re working to make it a pivotal year for the creation of a responsible & human-centric…
The Good Home at London Design Festival
Together with Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino and a wide range of collaborators, we’ve been exploring better solutions for urban living in the 21st century in the Good Home Project. We’re…
Fisherman’s IoT
We spent a week in Anstruther, Scotland for an #OpenIoT design sprint organized by Mozilla and the University of Dundee. Here are some thoughts reflecting on our work…
Understanding the Connected Home, 2nd edition
The second edition of our book Understanding the Connected Home is out. Michelle Thorne and I fully revised, rewrote and updated this edition. It’s both broader and deeper…
Kansas City & questions for the smart city
In her excellent IoT newsletter (subscribe here), Stacey Higginbotham of Stacey On IoT discusses privacy and the smart city. It’s a great, quick read in which Stacey takes…
The Good Home: Hospitality, privacy & openness in the connected home
Note: This post is cross-posted from TheGoodHome.org At Fuori Salone Milan, The Good Home and Casa Jasmina teamed up for a shared workshop around hospitylity, privacy & openness…