RFID & the Internet of Things
RFID will play a pivotal role in fusing the physical world with the digital. RFID allows for the unique identification of objects, and any kind of online data can be linked to these unique ID's.
Here is where the real world and the internet become two faces of the same reality. Things go online.
Questions that come up: What are useful things to have online? How can the sharing of information between things yield us new valuable meanings and experiences? What new kinds of play can we think of, when our ordinary stuff begins to talk among itself? Will objects gain personalities?
And the key question seems to be: What are valid and imporant kinds of human agency that should be designed into an Internet of Things?
The participants of this workshop will develop scenarios for an internet of things. Ideas can range from scripts for small new rituals to outlines of societal changes of epic scale. The critical, utopian or nightmarish scenarios will be informed by lectures with concrete knowledge about currently available technology; by handy workshop tools that give hands-on experience in developing RFID applications, and by insightful presentations by cutting-edge makers and thinkers.
Speakers
Régine Debatty is the writer of the blog we-make-money-not-art.com. Her blog elaborates on artists, hackers and interaction designers who endeavour new technologies like RFID. During the workshop she will give a broad overview of current artistic and cultural applications of RFID.
Matthew Karau (former researcher at MIT MediaLab) has been working on numerous RFID related projects. He will give technical introductions on what RFID is and what it is or is not capable of, and will support the participants in developing their projects.
Heiko Hansen is artist and one half of the duo HeHe, that makes beautiful projects in which the technological systems that surround us are 'reverse engineered', and put to new critical usage and social functions. Using examples from HeHe's work, Heiko will go into issues relating to ubiqitous computing and physical interfaces.
Malcom McCullough, is Associate Professor of Architecture and Design, University of Michigan, and author of Digital Ground. Malcolm will talk about designing for human agency in a situation where (digital) interactivity has become ambient, and will discuss his theory of 'place' for interaction design.
Matthijs Kouw studies Science Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam and will present his research into the issue of making sense of the enormous reservoirs of new kinds of data that are generated by the wide implementation of RFID.
Trajectory
The workshop takes 3 days. The morning sessions are dedicated to lectures and presentations on technology, theory and interesting implementations of RFID.
The afternoons are dedicated to development of participants projects.
On the first day, participants will draw the oultines of their workshop projects, that will be developend and refined on the second and third day.
To test some practical aspects of their projects, participants can use the workshop tool consisting of RFID tags, readers and an online database. Experienced staff will be present for technical assistence. The workshop will be concluded with an informal presentation of all concepts developed during the workshop.
For whom?
RFID & The Internet of Things is made for a maximum of 16 designers, artists, thinkers and makers who are interested in this technology and its possible effects. In this workshop you can try out the technology and develop first layouts of possible applications, alternative uses and hacks.
How Much?
The participation fee is €350 per person, excluding BTW. Lunches, technical equipment and assistence are included.
Where?
The workshop will take place in the seminar room of Mediamatic, at the 5th floor of the PostCS building.
Registration
If you want to participate in this workshop, please register here
You may cancel your registration until 10 days before the beginning of the workshop. In that case we will charge you € 45,= to compensate for administration costs.
Reader
The reader for this workshop is online.
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