DIY, Wearables and Empowerment

Wearables, DIY and EmpowermentLondon - December 2013

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Wearable Technology Clothing and accessories incorporating computer and

advanced electronic technologies

Sport and well-beingSocial networkingEnvironmental data monitoringFashion and communicationHealthcare and Medical Aid


Open or closed? (HW&SW&Data)


Polarization

Big Companies/InvestmentsClosed (hw/sw/data)OpaqueCompetitive

Personal Empowerment

Power/Market oriented

Individuals/CollectivesOpen (hw/sw/data)TransparentCollaborative

Collective Empowerment

Problem Solving/Explorationoriented



Big Companies/InvestmentsClosed (hw/sw/data)OpaqueCompetitive



- Wearable fitness trackers reached 8.3 million units worldwide in 2012

- Total shipments wearables are expected to reach 64.0 million units in 2017

- Forecasters say it will reach a market of $30/$50 billion by 2018




“The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.”

“Quantified Self” Movement

funded by Wired Magazine editors Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly



Hardware Software

Data



Hardware Software

Data

PCMobile

E-Reader

Google AmazonFacebook

iTunes

Behaviours


Why Data

- The right product to the right person

- The right ad in the right place for the right person

- Insights for decision making as big data show trends


Why Data

- 1 out of 10 job seekers between the ages of 16 and 34 have been rejected for a job because of something posted on their social network profiles

- Banks and Creditors turn to Twitter, Facebook for social demographic and behavioral Data to create consumer profiles

- Companies like IBM have tools to sense and prevent employees leaking sensible information through text analysis

- Applications like Peak allow micromanaging become microsurveillance Timesheet that fills itself out automatically as it hooks up into cloud-based productivity applications like Github, Google Apps, and Dropbox, tracks people activities, reports back to the boss in humanoid language and without any input from the workers.



Hardware Software

Data

BraceletsWatchesGlasses

Google NikeFitbit

Behaviours+

Bio +

Environment

Wearables


Why (bio) Data

February 2013- Tesco’s staff members wear electronic armbands to optimize logistics activities, and being monitored on their efficiency and work rates

November 2013- An undercover journalist at Amazon revealed conditions of workers at warehouse holding handsets monitoring timing and efficiency

Will insurances provide a health plan only if you wear a Fitbit?

Data Mining CEO Says He Pays For Burgers With Cash To Avoid Junk Food Purchases Being Tracked


Empowerment happens when (marginalised) individual and collective can acquire

skills and gain opportunities to develop knowledge, self-sufficiency, and achieve inclusion in

decision-making processes.

DIY, Open Source and Empowerment


The rise of DIY/DIT and the makers scene


CommunitiesCoderDesignerMaker

METAProducts

Licenses

Flexibility AccessibilityExploration

Prosumer

FACILITIES

Local Hub

MakerspaceFabLab

SERVICES

E-comm

3D printingLasercut

Textile Print

Prosumer

ENABLERS

KitsPlatforms

Machines&Components

Prosumer

PassionReputation

Need


Open Source Hardware


ArduinoMicrocontroller for interactive projects


OSloom.orgOpen Source Jacquard Loom


Solar FiberCreating a flexible photovoltaic fiber


Shared knowledge


From the idea to the product


- Radical control on the product itself all the information and documentation of every components, from the software to the hardware schematics and the usage information.

- Modularity choice of interfacing the product with the technology or devices that users select as more appropriate for their needs

- Access to community resources to understand how to deal, and subsequently, to control the technology around them.

- Economic empowerment because it enables the creation of derivative products that can be run for personal use or as new profitable enterprises


Share the code/instructions

(non /commercial use)

From the idea to the product

Sell the kit

Sell collector edition

Sell the product


Bottom Up Solutionsbrings collective empowerment


The Libelium Team - April 2011

“The main finality of the Radiation Sensor Board for Arduino is to help people in Japan to measure the levels of radiation in their everyday life after the unfortunate earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in March 2011 and cause the nuclear radiation leakages in Fukushima. We want to give the chance to measure by themselves this levels instead of trusting in the general advises which are being broadcasted. The usage of this sensor board along with the affordable and easy to use Arduino platform helps people to get radiation values from specific places.As technical guys, we feel the responsibility of providing our support in those areas where we can contribute. As a result, first batch has been shipped to Japan at no charge to the Tokyo Hackerspace and other working groups.The design of the board is open hardware and the source code is released under GPL.”


2012Funds from this

kickstarter campaign will go towards the

production of the limited version of this geiger counter -which will basically be parts

since a full production run is already in the

works.

Additional fund will be used towards

continuing safecast efforts and data

collection.

Andrew (bunnie) Huang


One of the great utilities of the Safecast project is the ability to collect and analyze environmental data on an unprecedented scale.

As Safecast passes the two year mark with collecting radiation data in Japan it is now possible to begin to look back over the changes in radioactivity across different parts of the country and see where this may all be heading.


DIY Wearables and Collective Empowerment

Open Hardware Open Software

Open Data

ToolsWearablesSensors

Platform

Behaviours+

Bio +

Environment

What if...


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