Turning sensors into signals

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Abstract

Talk at MIT Media Lab on turning sensors into signals and freeing IoT from walled gardens.

Key points:

  • Humanizing IoT with old smartphones and web technologies
  • Using JavaScript to process sensor data on the edge
  • Privacy-aware IoT design avoiding cloud dependency
  • Open web standards as an alternative to proprietary IoT platforms
  • Freeing IoT from walled gardens with open protocols

Takeaway: You don’t need expensive IoT platforms — old smartphones and JavaScript can create privacy-aware, open IoT systems that keep data local.