A short presentation to the London Internet of Things community with long-time collaborator Chris McRobbie. We spoke about designing the Ambient Orb and other products, and offered a preview of my book Enchanted Objects. The periodic table of Enchanted Objects organizes products by human desires and helps innovators prioritize what to build next.

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ENCHANTED OBJECTS

2. Enchanted Objects are ordinary things,
made extraordinary

3. Enchanted Objects are ordinary things,
augmented, connected.

4. Which objects should we enchant?

8. A single pixel browser

9. Orb

10. Fishing

11. Fishing

12. Fishing

13. Fishing

14. Fishing

15. Proverbial Wallets (MIT)

17. Weasley’s clock

19. Google Latitude Doorbell

22. Ambient Umbrella
Enchantment
creates better
affordances

26. This is what poor-adherence looks like...
Each row is person, each column is a day. Red indicates a missed dose.
Control group=71% of doses taken

27. This is what adherence looks like with GlowCaps
Over 95% of doses taken over 6 months

28. V I T A L I T Y
Vitality addresses each of the root causes of non-adherence

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32. ambient
Ambient Bus Pole

33. ambient
Frog Design

35. Guitar Hero

36. IO Brush
MIT Media Lab

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