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The Internet of Trains Steve Winton / December 2011
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Inspired by the Internet of Things, a presentation for a major UK train operator, imagining the potential of an 'Internet of Trains'
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The Internet of Trains Steve Winton / December 2011
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My name is Steve and the Internet is my friend.
Hello! :)
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I ride the train every day!
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NixonMcInnes
Applied Technology
We ! APIs, BIG DATA, real-time data, geo data, websockets, JavaScript, HTML, HTTP, mobile, ...
Identifying new opportunities in the social web since 2009(ish).
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Firstly: The Internet of Things
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The Internet of Things
The Internet of What?!
The Internet of Things!
Everyday objects, talking to us and each other, via the Internet.
In a way that makes our lives easier/better/more FUN.
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The Internet of Things
Any ‘thing’ that has a measurable physical property can be plugged into the Internet, to transmit data about its state, and accept instructions on how to change its state.
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For example...
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The Internet of Things
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The Internet of Things
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The Internet of Things
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This stuff is REAL and ALREADY HAPPENING!
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http://j.mp/trashtrack
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Wattson
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Twine
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http://j.mp/homesense-bikemap
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Now: The Internet of Things Trains
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The Internet of Trains
The Internet of What?!
The Internet of Trains!
Everyday trains, talking to us and each other, via the Internet.
In a way that makes our lives easier/better/more FUN.
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Warning...
Some of the ideas in the next section may be half-baked
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What if...
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What if...
...I could become friends with my regular train on Facebook?
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What if...
...the train could read my social graph, and tell me when my friends were also on board?
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What if...
...I could follow my train on Twitter?
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The Internet of Trains What if...
I could talk to the train?
And the train could talk back?
What would we talk about?
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What would we talk about?
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What would we talk about?
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What would we talk about?
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What would we talk about?
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What would we talk about?
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What if...
...I could subscribe to the train’s checkins on Foursquare, and see where it was / when it was leaving?
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What if...
Like me, the train had a personality?
What would its personality be?
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And how would a FCC train differ from a TPE train?
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What if...
The train, being plugged into the Internet, could communicate with other things that were also plugged into the Internet?
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For example...
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The Internet of Trains Early in the morning, before my journey even starts...
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The Internet of Trains During my journey...
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The Internet of Trains After my journey ends...
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The best bit?
No need to do all the heavy lifting yourselves
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There’s a community of able and willing developers out there, passionate about rail travel
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Make the raw material available on the Internet, and let the people do the rest.
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Let’s put trains on the Internet!
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Thank you nixonmcinnes.co.uk
