Designing for the Internet of Things

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[ Contents ]

Foreword ..............................................xiii

Preface .................................................xv

Chapter 1 Designing for Emerging Technologies................. 1

by Jonathan Follett

A Call to Arms.......................................... 1

Design for Disruption.................................. 3

Eight Design Tenets for Emerging Technology......... 8

Changing Design and Designing Change............. 26

Chapter 2 Intelligent Materials: Designing Material Behavior... 27

by Brook Kennedy

Bits and Atoms........................................ 27

Emerging Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing....... 32

Micro Manufacturing................................. 33

Dynamic Structures and Programmable Matter...... 34

Connecting the Dots: What Does Intelligent

Matter Mean for Designers?........................... 37

Conclusion............................................. 41

Chapter 3 Taking Control of Gesture Interaction................. 43

by Gershom Kutliroff and Yaron Yanai

Reinventing the User Experience...................... 43

Analysis................................................ 46

Prototyping............................................ 47

A Case Study: Gesture Control........................ 50

Trade-offs.............................................. 61

Looking Ahead........................................ 62