The Internet of Natural Things

At a time when we’re rightly exposing the negative impact of technology, the ever-optimistic Simon Collison is exploring the benefits, particularly where digital tools reconnect us to the living world and enrich our lives.

To begin, Simon will lift the lid on his research, challenging our idea of nature and its relevance to technology. To follow, he’ll hypothesise bold ideas for products that better fit the spaces through which we move, asking us to reimagine user experiences and consider a more meaningful future relationship with digital technology.

Transcript

1. The Internet of Natural Things Simon Collison @colly
3. Achmelvich
5. Part one / Research
6. Introduction
7. Embracing technology
8. The new image of nature
10. Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818
11. Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818
12. Nottingham Trent University peregrine I live my life in the citeh…
14. British Birds by mydigitalearth
15. Merlin Bird ID from Cornell Lab
16. Song Sleuth from Wildlife Acoustics
17. iNaturalist
18. Merlin Bird ID (Cornell Lab), and British Trees (Woodland Trust)
19. Echo Meter Touch 2 (footage from BBC Springwatch)
20. Brian Suda — Sensors and Sensibility
21. CAT S61 smartphone
22. Senses Research
23. Techno
24. Techno biophilia B
25. Design biophilia c B
26. Some brain science
30. Restorative reprieves
32. Senses / Mental stimulus Research
34. what3words
35. what3words
36. what3words
37. 3WordPhoto
38. 3WordPhoto
39. Ordnance Survey subscription, AR mode
40. Looksee app / British geological Survey
41. Viewranger
42. Urban Good London National Park City map
43. Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Research
45. Animal Tracker app
50. 50,000 wild animals equipped with GPS units
51. Ospreys of Newfoundland Facebook community
52. Technobiophilia
53. Firewatch
54. Future Unfolding
55. Farmville
56. Grand Theft Auto V
57. Dorothy Howard —photo from Nottingham Post
58. A new beauty
59. I am SO GORGEOUS
60. @anna_debenham I’m just a scrag — but I’m YOUR scrag
62. Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Connections / Data / Simulation Research
63. Nose to Tail measure
66. Nose to Tail measure
67. Only 10% have ever played in wild places Kids and nature Only a third know that acorns come from trees Less than 50% have found frogspawn in the wild Every Child Wild survey by The Wildlife Trusts, 2015
68. Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy
69. Bird Sounds, an AI experiment from Google
70. Naturebytes
72. Senses / Mental stimulus / Place / Knowledge Research Connections / Data / Simulation
73. Part two / Development
74. Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Connections / Data / Simulation / Knowledge The web / Nature Space / Light / Time Research Material
75. Physics is a language of light Music is a language of time Architecture is a language of space
76. Senses / Mental stimulus / Place Connections / Data / Simulation / Knowledge The web / Nature Space / Light / Time Research Material how fancy
77. Guiding principles
78. Ideation Scriptwrite the experience, with real words Explore the highest-level experiences Don’t think within rectangles: think without edges Consider intentions and resulting events Think about designing moments in time 1 Bullet points!
79. Physicality Be spatially aware of what you’re building Visualise it as spaces, with rooms and doorways Imagine it in 3D, and draw how that feels Design an open-ended experience, find natural boundaries Imagine someone moving through your experience 2
80. Purpose Less tasks or goals; more open learning Encourage exploration without being too abstract Help people accomplish new and unexpected things Build a lens through which the world can be seen differently 3 Is this… powerpoint? Bullets
81. Choice Don’t paralyse with too much choice Offer the right amount at the right time Trigger choices in the right context Provide clear, simple, minimal prompts Define realistic expectations 4 I chose bullets
82. Tone Craft machine personality gently, and cautiously Know when to use humour, and don’t overdo it Offer warmth, but avoid over-familiarity Be kind, patient, and act as guide Be forgiving, and allow the system to be forgiven too 5 I learned nothing from that TED book
83. Trust Set out to improve lives; avoid guilt or addiction Make as few demands as possible Avoid ambiguity and unguided assumptions Catch errors before they happen, be honest when they do Allow consent 6 FFS
84. Learning Create experiences that are open and inviting Consider multi-sensory inputs Increase learning through repeated experience Build system knowledge through habit Offer gently persuasive feedback, non-addictive rewards 7 WTF When will it end?
85. Onboarding Get started quickly Unobtrusive guidance, always available Slow and thoughtful steps; a little at a time Encourage discovery, ensure early results Support failure and gently correct 8 I bet they’re really sick of bullets
86. Notifications Quietly serve without continuous distraction Manageable, concise, polite, and actionable Contextual to time, place, and learned routine Consider levels of urgency, and alternatives to sound If a notification doesn’t improve quality of life, kill it 9 zzz
87. Context This is everything! 10 OK last one!
88. OS
89. A B C D OS Default apps
90. A B C D OS
91. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS Third party apps
92. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS
93. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS “Spaces Compatible”
94. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 OS Spaces Work Home Study Social
95. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B D D 1 1 3 1 3 1 9 6 10 10 Spaces OS Work Home Study Social A D A D
96. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B D D 1 1 3 1 3 1 9 6 10 10 Spaces OS Work Home Study Social A D A D
97. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B D D 1 1 3 1 3 1 9 6 10 10 Spaces OS Work Home Study Social A D A D
98. A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 D B D 1 1 3 1 3 1 9 6 10 10 Spaces OS Work Home Study Social A D A D … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
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106. Spaces compatibility Guides app contains modules that enhance appropriate Spaces. You control which Spaces the app will enhance. Nature Fitness Indoor Explorer
107. Nearby Recent There’s a popular park two blocks East View popular sightings near here Shana pinged from Southern Cuba 4 new images from your backyard camera Save Fave Open 23 observations submitted to Movebank
111. ‘Place-onas’
114. Big questions
115. The future?
116. Our computers should be like our childhood: an invisible foundation that is quickly forgotten but always with us, and effortlessly used throughout our lives. Mark Weiser / The World is Not a Desktop, 1993 “ ”
117. A new environment
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