Florence has been the cradle of the Renaissance around the 14th century. It’s amusing to think that another Renaissance happened in Italy several hundred years later, in 2005, this time in the world of connected marchines. The Arduino board was created and ignited an incredibly rich community of makers, developers, and industrials who all cooperate for building the core of the things that surround us. There are actually many options for building connected solutions today, and Benjamin discusses the importance of having a vivid open source ecosystem around IoT to ensure that key aspects like developer adoption and interoperability are not left aside.

1. Benjamin Cabé | @kartben
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94571281@N00/44997773
EclipseDay Florence | May 23, 2014
The Renaissance
of connected things

2. “Creativity
is just
connecting
things”
— Steve Jobs

3. “Creativity
is just
connecting
things”
— Steve Jobs

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkrause/8476743612
connecting things?

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffkrause/8476743612

6. fragmentation

7. fragmentation
complexity

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiperoni/239435850/
fragmentation
lock-in
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosightfaces/8152791780/
complexity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyberslayer/952953634

9. 2nd Renaissance?

10. Renaissance painters were hacking
colors by adding crushed marble or
glass to give them more body
Materials
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_norris/2315604304/

11. Materials
Extract from “The Plictho of Gioanventura Rossetti” first published in Venice in 1548.
Translated by Sidney M. Edelstein and Hector C. Borghetty, The MIT Press (1969).

12. Materials in 2014

13. Materials in 2014

14. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cibergaita/97220057/
Communication
Around 1450, Gutenberg improved
the movable type system
It introduced the era of mass communication
we still live in

15. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cibergaita/97220057/
Communication in 2014
Open source communities and social networks
foster open innovation and developers engagement
Open communication protocols like MQTT or CoAP
are movable type for Things

16. Movable press and printing type were
not the only technical advancements
during Renaissance
Tools

17. Floating dock

18. Lifting tower (crane)

19. Sea astrolabe

20. etc.

21. Fab labs & hackerspaces make tools
accessible to the majority
Tools in 2014

22. Tools in 2014

23. Fab labs & hackerspaces make tools
accessible to the majority
Tools in 2014
Prototyping platforms like Arduino and
programming languages like Javascript
make hardware hacking easier

24. Wealthy people like the Medicis or
the Borgias sponsored many artists
during the Renaissance
We probably wouldn’t know of
Leonardo, Michelangelo or
Raphael if it weren’t for them
Patrons

25. Patrons in 2014
Raspberry Pi Foundation is promoting the study of
basic computer science in schools, and develops the
Raspberry Pi
Intel® is donating 50,000 Galileo boards to 1,000
universities worldwide
And many more… ARM, Texas Instruments, …

26. Connecting
things
with…

27. Meet Rapiro!
Open Hardware
Runs Eclipse Orion…
… and MQTT
Could we be more creative in terms of reinventing
our materials, tools, and ways of communicating?

28. DEMO

29. The order is rapidly fading
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
The times are a-changinʼ
“

30. Thank you!
benjamin@eclipse.org
@kartben
http://blog.benjamin-cabe.com
http://iot.eclipse.org

31. References
Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in
Conservation and Analysis - ISBN 0-309-54961-2
http://2renaissance.org/

32. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason-samfield/6137588470/
Benjamin Cabé | @kartbenEclipseDay Florence | May 23, 2014
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