Paper-based web connected objects and the Internet of Things through EKKO

TY - GEN

T1 - Paper-based web connected objects and the Internet of Things through EKKO

AU - Mills, John

AU - Egglestone, Paul

AU - Lochrie, Mark

AU - Skelly, Martin

PY - 2015/7/13

Y1 - 2015/7/13

N2 - Paper has existed as a communications 'platform' for thousands of years. It's 'versioning history' spans papyrus, parchment and pulp, and when paper became a scalable and mass-production item, most famously via the Guttenberg press, it sparked unparalleled social and political change. It's a technology that's had 'impact'. More recently, News and Information - a sector with paper at its core - has seen substantial editorial and commercial disruption from digital communications networks. This paper outlines a collaborative project between journalism, media and technology researchers, and commercial product designers, exploring the potential of paper-based web-connected objects. Our work examines how emergent conductive ink technologies could offer a disruptive alternative to existing media products, and explores how to create, power and populate a connected paper platform, and analyse user activity. Through a range of industry partnerships with newspaper, magazine and book publishers, our research creates new paper affordances and interactions, and positions paper as a digital disruptor.

AB - Paper has existed as a communications 'platform' for thousands of years. It's 'versioning history' spans papyrus, parchment and pulp, and when paper became a scalable and mass-production item, most famously via the Guttenberg press, it sparked unparalleled social and political change. It's a technology that's had 'impact'. More recently, News and Information - a sector with paper at its core - has seen substantial editorial and commercial disruption from digital communications networks. This paper outlines a collaborative project between journalism, media and technology researchers, and commercial product designers, exploring the potential of paper-based web-connected objects. Our work examines how emergent conductive ink technologies could offer a disruptive alternative to existing media products, and explores how to create, power and populate a connected paper platform, and analyse user activity. Through a range of industry partnerships with newspaper, magazine and book publishers, our research creates new paper affordances and interactions, and positions paper as a digital disruptor.

KW - Conductives

KW - Internet of Things

KW - Media

KW - Paper. Interactive

KW - Printed Electronics

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85015392231

U2 - 10.1145/2783446.2783610

DO - 10.1145/2783446.2783610

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85015392231

SP - 279

EP - 280

BT - British HCI 2015

PB - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

CY - New York

T2 - British HCI Conference, British HCI 2015

Y2 - 13 July 2015 through 17 July 2015

ER -