TINK - sketching product experiences of connected objects

Graduation Assignment - 27
not experienced as general purpose
computing or communication
devices.” 10
Boreland instead defined “meta products”
as:
“Information fueled products and
services that will be around us as a
network whenever we need them” 13
In this definition the element of
pervasiveness is present, but it additionally
provides that those products are always
connected to services, and that they are
powered by data and information.
It is clear after this overview how the Broad
domain is still not defined yet. In order
to be able to operate in it I formulated a
statement that summarizes several aspect
of the definition just discussed in a more
practical formulation.
To the internet
Embed computers
Store information
Propose decision
connected
objects
inform
decisions
To the enrironment
Object looking
To other objects To people
Produce information
Take decision
Figure 10. Definition of Connected Objects
I will use the name “connected objects” to refer to
objects that are somehow connected to the Internet,
to other objects, and to people. Connected objects
are able to contain and/or create information.
These objects don’t necessarily look like computers,
even though they have microcontroller inside.
Connected objects are able to make decisions or
influence our decisional process.