Trying to list the types of smart objects that currently exist and their features.
Watch
- screen
- location (GPS)
- environment (gyroscope/accelerometer)
- communication with mobile device
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi
- input via touch
- input via buttons
Lightbulb
- change output colour
- link to apps to select colour via photos/music etc
- remote control via internet
- Wi-Fi
Smoke Alarm
- talks to you
- tell you when battery low via email/notification
- remote alarms via app
Toaster
- recipes
- Wi-Fi
- burn patterns onto toast to give info
- adjust to bread type
Thermostat
- control away from home
- easy scheduling
- sense occupants
- learn routines and take premptive action
- respond to external conditions (in home, forecast weather)
Lock
- NFC/Bluetooth
- remote unlock
- audit trail of activity
Fitness tracker
- steps
- colories burned
- distance travelled
- goals / feedback
Security camera
- stream video over internet
- face recognition
- person/intruder detection
- respond to sounds
- change position
Sleep monitor
- monitor air quality/temperature/ambient noise
- track movement
- rate sleep quality
Energy meter
- report on energy use
- calculate cost
- graphs
- tell you what’s on
- smart scheduling
Radio
- internet radio stations
- stream from devices
- customised schedules
Air quality sensor
- air quality
- report and compare to other sensors/legal limits
- correlate data to health outcomes
Toy
- play games with child
- track child’s progress
- social network in a safe way
Button
- initiate remote action
- action configurable by user
- shared by anyone with access to it
- change action remotely
Lamp
- light activates in response to remove action
- ambient
- shared by anyone with access to it
Fridge
- screen/messages
- shared object
Ornament
- aesthetically pleasing
- ambient
- not identified as “technology”