GARTNER RESEARCH PREDICTS IoT WILL ADD $1.9

TRILLION TO GLOBAL ECONOMY BY 20201

CISCO PREDICTS THAT $15 BILLION INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES WILL

APPEAR IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS - TWICE THE WORLD’S POPULATION AS OF 20152

WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT

BEING MORE CONNECTED

WALT DISNEY

ALLOWS DISNEY CHARACTERS TO GREET KIDS BY NAME & MUCH MORE3

IT SOUNDS GREAT, WHAT

COULD GO WRONG?

WHEN HACKERS FIND A FLAW IN ONE IoT, THEY’LL BE ABLE

TO GET INTO OTHERS5

WAKE UP BABY

“Manufacturers know that there are things that they can do to make their devices more secure. But really it comes down

to them trying to make it as easy as possible for their customers to use the device”- Brandan Geise 6

MISCOMMUNICATION/

MALFUNCTION

YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO HAVE A STOCK OF CELERY

NO EXCEPTIONS7

SMART FRIDGE MEETS HEALTH-CARE APP

DUMB IS THE NEW SMART

We should put the smarts into the design of the building in the first place. Then we wouldn’t need smart technology to cover up all our mistakes8

The rise of the smart home comes in integrating wearable devices like Google Glass 9

PRIVACY PROBLEMS, OR MAYBE YOU’RE THE PROBLEM? 10

SHOPKICK

CLEARER PRIVACY POLICIES

“Before granting companies access to such critical components of our lives, we should know exactly what

they will collect and how well it will be protected. Without that knowledge, we are forced to operate

entirely on trust” – Jennifer Golbeck 11

BENEFITS TO IoT

PERSONABLE

EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT

ENERGY EFFICIENT

EASE OF USE

POPULAR

RISK FACTORS HACKERS

MALFUNCTIONS

PRIVACY

MISCOMMUNICATION

BECOMING DEPENDANT

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anonymous authors.

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4) Saving Energy." Nest. N.p., n.d. Mon. 8 June 2015.

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6) Wagstaff, Keith. "Man Hacks Monitor, Screams at Baby Girl - NBC News." NBC News. N.p., 28 Apr. 2014. Web. 7 June 2015.

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8) Mays, John Bentley. "In the Age of 'smart' Homes, Sometimes Dumb Is Best." The Globe and Mail. N.p., 22 Jan. 2015. Web. 8 June 2015.

9) Tso, Richard L. "Smart Homes of the Future Will Know Us by Our Heartbeats." Wired.com. Conde Nast Digital, n.d. Web. 9 June 2015.

10) Boesel, Whitney Erin. "Google Glass Doesn't Have a Privacy Problem. You Do." Time. Time, n.d. Web. 7 June 2015.

11) Golbeck, Jennifer. "This App Tracks You While You Shop." Track Star. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2015.