Generic Smart Objects

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Trying to list the types of smart objects that currently exist and their features.

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Watch

• screen
• location (GPS)
• environment (gyroscope/accelerometer)
• communication with mobile device
• Bluetooth/Wi-Fi
• input via touch
• input via buttons
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Lightbulb

• change output colour
• link to apps to select colour via photos/music etc
• remote control via internet
• Wi-Fi
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Smoke Alarm

• talks to you
• tell you when battery low via email/notification
• remote alarms via app
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Toaster

• recipes
• Wi-Fi
• burn patterns onto toast to give info
• adjust to bread type
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Thermostat

• control away from home
• easy scheduling
• sense occupants
• learn routines and take premptive action
• respond to external conditions (in home, forecast weather)
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Lock

• NFC/Bluetooth
• remote unlock
• audit trail of activity
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Fitness tracker

• steps
• colories burned
• distance travelled
• goals / feedback
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Security camera

• stream video over internet
• face recognition
• person/intruder detection
• respond to sounds
• change position
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Sleep monitor

• monitor air quality/temperature/ambient noise
• track movement
• rate sleep quality
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Energy meter

• report on energy use
• calculate cost
• graphs
• tell you what's on
• smart scheduling
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Radio

• internet radio stations
• stream from devices
• customised schedules
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Air quality sensor

• air quality
• report and compare to other sensors/legal limits
• correlate data to health outcomes
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Toy

• play games with child
• track child's progress
• social network in a safe way
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Button

• initiate remote action
• action configurable by user
• shared by anyone with access to it
• change action remotely
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Lamp

• light activates in response to remove action
• ambient
• shared by anyone with access to it
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Fridge

• screen/messages
• shared object
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Ornament

• aesthetically pleasing
• ambient
• not identified as "technology"
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