num_pages: 320
description: In the tradition of Who Owns the Future? and The Second Machine Age an MIT Media Lab scientist imagines how everyday objects can intuit our needs and improve our lives.We are now standing at the precipice of the next transformative development: the Internet of Things. Soon connected technology will be embedded in hundreds of everyday objects we already use: our cars wallets watches umbrellas even our trash cans. These objects will respond to our needs come to know us and learn to think on our behalf. David Rose calls these deviceswhich are just beginning to creep into the marketplaceEnchanted Objects.Some believe the future will look like more of the samemore smartphones tablets screens embedded in every conceivable surface. Rose has a different vision: technology that atomizes combining itself with the objects that make up the very fabric of daily living. Such technology will be woven into the background of our environment enhancing human relationships and channeling desires for omniscience long life and creative expression. The enchanted objects of fairy tales and science fiction will enter real life.Groundbreaking timely and provocative Enchanted Objects is a blueprint for a better future where efficient solutions come hand in hand with technology that delights our senses. It is essential reading for designers technologists entrepreneurs business leaders and anyone who wishes to understand the future and stay relevant in the Internet of Things.
language: English
title: Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things
publisher: Scribner