Fostering Connectivity & Interactivity Between all Urban Entities

Charalampos Doukas@buildingiot

Livable & Lovable Cities

What can make citizens happy??

ResilienceResilience

Inclusiveness

AuthenticityAuthenticity

Livable & Lovable Cities

Inclusiveness

is about creating social integration and cohesion. Inclusivecities are open for participation from the widest range ofcivil society, irrespective of gender, age, ethnicity, culturalheritage, beliefs, religion and economic status. Inhabitantsshould have equal opportunities to participate in theactivities of a city. Inclusiveness enhances communityfeelings, the sense of ownership towards the city, the senseof belonging to a place.

ConnectivityInteractivity Creativity

ConnectivityBetween entities

• Citizens

• Public Services– Traffic– Environment– Resources– Health– Waste management– …

Between objects

• City objects

• Vehicles• Buildings• Exhibits• Places• …

ConnectivityBetween entities

• Network technologies {Cellular, WiFi, …}

Tools {smartphones, apps,..}

• Open Data– Traffic– Environment– Resources– Health

Between objects

• Internet of Things technologies– Making objects sense & act– Communicate– Present information in

different ways

Connectivity - IssuesBetween entities

• Network technologies– Not everywhere / High cost

in some cases

• Open Data– Unstructured– Undiscoverable– Unuseful

Majority of citizens by default

Between objects

• Connectivity, complexity, storage, privacy, …

• Lack of motivation / benefit

• Lack of awareness

InteractivityContext Interactivity

• Data representation– Media types (light, sound,

visual)

• Based on:– User input/feedback– Context driven {information,

ambient sensing, location, …}

Actuation

• Users can make actions– Modify information– Change information flow– Trigger communication

• Data access control

Interactive city projects

TED2014 Vancouver with Chrome-powered aerial sculpture

Burble (Umbrelium)

Linguine(Umbrelium)

Interactive city appsCommunity driven

• CitizenKit• AirQuality Egg• OxfordFlood• OpenEnergyMonitor• …

Public Data driven

• Traffic Applications• Public Administration• Public Transportation

Interactive city projectsWhat is missing?

• More participation– Usage– Producing data– Consuming data– Making process

What is missing?

• Linkage to:– Urban entities– Urban data

Combine Connectivity + Interactivity?

with urban data….

Increase Participation

Increase skillsIncrease skills

Create AwarenessCreate Awareness

Identify urban problems

Identify urban problems

Combine Connectivity + Interactivity?

with urban data….Visualize air

pollution on public spaces

Transform city objects into citizen best practice

indicators

Visualize city resources in public

spaces

Visualize city resources in public

spaces

your idea here..

Allow citizens personalize the city

apps

Combine Connectivity + Interactivity?

Challenges?

• How?• Address urban entity

connectivity issues?• Foster interactivity among

entities?• Minimize resources (time &

cost)?• Minimize complexity

Solutions

• Accessible Technology & Tools

• Communities• Spaces (hackerspaces,

FabLabs)• Public Data• Creativity

COMPOSE ProjectWhat is it?

• Open Source & Free tools for:– Physical object interaction– Communication between

entities– Discovery of services– Development & Deployment

of applications

How it can be used?

• Connected projects that sense, interact, utilize public data information

• Discover services• Make services discoverable• Minimize the effort &

resources needed

COMPOSE ProjectPhysical object interaction

• Libraries for simple communication with objects– Various types of devices– Many communication

protocols – Modular to support future

ones– Collect/Store/Process sensor

data

Communication between entities

• Open APIs• Support for cross-platform

mobile development• Multipoint communication

– Bi-directional• Drive actuations on objects

from Web/Mobile apps

COMPOSE ProjectDiscovery of services

• Ask (text queries) for services online– Traffic services in cities

• Identify resources• Provide service endpoints in

easy to consume way

Development & Deployment of applications

• Full Cloud-based PaaS• Host user applications and

scale them• Built on top of popular open

frameworks (CloudFoundry, Node-RED, …)

COMPOSE Project

COMPOSE ProjectHow to use it?

• Grab tools you need• Online instance for

experimentation• Download your own

version & deploy• Open Source• Forever free

What we are looking for

• Use cases on urban entities interactivity

• People• Data• Ideas

cdoukas@create-net.org@buildingiot

cdoukas@create-net.org@buildingiot

www.compose-project.euwww.compose-project.eu

About meResearcher

• Information & Communication Systems Engineer

• PhD in Health Informatics• Senior Researcher in CREATE-

NET• COMPOSE Project

Maker• IoT Blogger

– Many DIY IoT Projects• Workshops (Makerland,

Makerfaire…)• Author

– Building Internet of Things with the Arduino

• Consultancy

@BuildingIoT

hdoukas

Thank you!

Technology does not solve problems…

….people do!

#gettogether

#becreative