Tourism and the Web of Things

evrythng.net© Evrythng Limited | Dominique Guinard |December 2011

Web of Things Meets Tourism… Dominique Guinard, Ph.D.CTO @ Evrythng (evrythng.net)Researcher @ ETH Zurich


Introduction & ApplicationsA tad of Internet / Web of Things Buzz

[www.flickr.com/photos/moragcasey/]


Smart Things?

A very large ecosystem of smart things, complex application development


The Web of Things

http://my-house.com/lamps/livingRoom

Web Server

EngineersWeb Developers

Web Apps

Users

Smart Gateway


Real-Time Products Tracking with RFID

• Every product:– Tagged with RFID– Gets a URL

• Products can be tracked• Applications can be

easily built

http://epcmashup.webofthings.com


Smart Energy Monitoring

• Developers:– Smart Meters on the

Web– Mashups on mobile

phones / Web pages

• Users:– Used by several families

around the world (Energie Visible)


Social Networks and Mashups

[http://www.clickscript.ch]

[http://www.clickscript.ch]


The Big Picture

Social Web

Mobile Web

Programmable WebSemantic Web

Smart Things

Web of Things


Web of Things @ Evrythng?

Evrythng wants to organize the world’s objects with an active digital identity for every thing.

Think of a Facebook for things − individual things with unique digital profiles, like we have, to update, share and add to…


Tourism and the Web of Things?Bridging the gap, designing the future…

[ www.flickr.com/photos/docman ]


Hotel Room 2.0

• Each room has a unique active digital identity:– Each room gets a unique

URL:• http://evrythng.net/

thngs/Room-212-Santa-Maria-Novella

– Each room can be rated, reviewed, booked, etc.

– Plane seats?

• Enabling tech:– QR-Code, mobile phone

[www.flickr.com/photos/ojame]


Hotel Room 2.5

• Each room knows you:– Visitor profile– On RFID loyalty card– Dims the light, selects

your news paper, favorite channels, room-temperature, etc.

• Enabling tech:– RFID/NFC reader– RFID loyalty card



Hotel Room 3.0

• Each room has a « Smart Gateway »:– Scan and control!– Light, TV, thermostats.– Support several

languages…

• Enabling tech:• Smart Gateway/IPv6• Mobile phone• HTML5 & Mobile Web



Smart Shopping Trip

• « Facebook » for things:– Profile of your shopping

habitsÞ App for personalized

shopping trips

• Enabling tech:– Active Digital Identities– Social APIs


« What’s Hot ? » Spotter

• The city as a sensor:– Mobile phone as a sensor– Sensing infrastructureÞ App for:

Þ « What’s Hot! » Þ A quiet place?

• Enabling tech:– Social APIs– Mobile phones (BT

sensing)– Sensor networks


Conclusion & OutlookWhat did we learn?

[flickr.com/photos/brapke]


Take home notes!

• Key technologies:– Auto-ID: RFID, NFC, QR-codes– Web-enabled appliances (IPv6, HTML5, etc.)– Social Networks: APIs, Networks of Things

• Opportunities for tourism:– Better recommendations (active digital identities)– Better personalization (customers social profiles)– Better interaction (universal control systems)– Your-idea-here!

• Pitfalls:– Avoid the roaming devil (bundle content)– Ask for platform independence (iOS vs Android vs Web!)


Dominique GuinardTwitter/LinkedIn/FB/mail: guinard.org

Blog: webofthings.orgCompany: evrythng.net

Thanks!

Web of ThingsInternet of ThingsSensor NetworksAuto-IDRFIDQRNFCEPCBarcodeArduinoSunSPOTOpenPIcusioBridgeSmart GatewaysChumbyNabaztagEnergie VisibleActive Digital IdentityEvrythngHTML5PhoneGap / SenchaMobile WebSocial Network APIsOpen SocialSocial Graph


Backup


Tagged Objects

• Auto-ID technologies:– RFID, RFID Network– QR-Codes– Image recognition, OCR– Etc.

• Becoming:– Cheaper– More accessible


Sensor Networks

• Real-time environmental monitoring:– Mobile phones– Building monitoring– City Infrastructure

• Becoming:– More connected

(lowpower WiFi)– More accessible (Arduino,

I/O Bridge, etc.)


Machines & Appliances

• Smarter appliances:– Smart TVs, Fridges,

Lightning– NAS (Network Attached

Storage), Smart Gateways– Mobile phones as

universal remote control

• Becoming:– Cheaper– Uniformly connected

(IPv6, 6loWPAN, etc.)


The Green Tourist

• Dashboard of activities– Carbon footprint– Merit « Badges »

• Enabling tech:– Active Digital Identities– RFID– EPC Network


Flexible Electronic Article Surveillance


Dominique Guinard MIT / ETH / SAP

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