As shrinking technology allows us to cheaply put hardware eyes, ears and touch sensors on everyday things, the data now readily available can offer a magnitude of information without the user even lifting a finger. Some are calling 2013 the “Year of the sensor”, and it giving passage to the Internet of Things and Big Data; aside from buzz terms we’ll talk about how these tools will offer the ability for more interactions to get out of the way.

1. THE
INVISIBLE
UX
a
love
story
of
connected
sensors
&
giving
your
users
super
powers
Mike
Massie
-­‐
@mmassie
mkeUX
2013
Monday, May 20, 13
Make Super Powers - take it away and the users felt powerless
It costs $0.5 to put a web server into anything. What will UX be like in an Internet of Things world? Will interfaces be built into these devices or will
they defer to input devices that you already have.

2. Welcome
to
the
Milwaukee
Makerspace
Monday, May 20, 13
http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/

3. •intro
to
sensors
•phones/tablets
as
interfaces
•see
•hear
•feel
•aware
•smell
•UX
role
Monday, May 20, 13
• Triple-axis analog accelerometer - for measuring motion and tilt
• Force sensitive resistor - for sensing pressure/force
• Temperature sensor - for measuring from -40 to over +125 degrees C
• 10K breadboard potentiometer
• Ball tilt sensor - for sensing orientation
• Photo cell sensor - for sensing light
• IR sensor - for sensing infrared light pulsing at 38KHz
• IR LED - for use with the IR sensor
Adafruit sensor pack= $35
combined with micro processors like Arduino and you can have an internet connected sensor for
under $50.

4. Most
smartphones/tablets
today
have:
accelerometer
gyroscope
gps
internet
microphone
light
sensor
temperature
sensors
but
they
can
also
act
as
interfaces
to
other
things
Monday, May 20, 13
Virtual menus are becoming an option
Just In Time interfaces

5. SEE
Monday, May 20, 13
Today XBox can help you perfect your yoga form and help you work out. Imagine if these cameras
could one day allow for smart websites that can watch and guide users through a process, from
cooking to even repairing household items.

6. SEE
Monday, May 20, 13
Today XBox can help you perfect your yoga form and help you work out. Imagine if these cameras
could one day allow for smart websites that can watch and guide users through a process, from
cooking to even repairing household items.

7. Monday, May 20, 13
With a single app using the phones camera it gives the user the ability to read any language.
Imagine how this will change the world when it comes to Google Glass?

8. HEAR
Monday, May 20, 13
Nest uses 32 sensors including audible to understand when people are home in order to
understand usage patterns.

9. HEAR
Monday, May 20, 13
Nest uses 32 sensors including audible to understand when people are home in order to
understand usage patterns.

10. FEAL
Monday, May 20, 13
Now with GPS + Accelerometer sensors in the phone they can tell when you walking, bike and traveling by auto.
14s before the Earthquake in Japan all trains and factories in the area came to a halt... autonomously
Example of sensor smart UX:
It’s currently 72 degrees in here. For every one person, in this room, with the doors closed, it raises the temperature by .25 a
degree. That means that 32 people in this room with change the temperature to [x]. The thermostat is set to cool to 70
degrees. What it doesn’t know is that this meeting is on the calendar for only 5 more minutes and that most people will be
leaving to go drink beer.
The room also didn't know we where coming

11. Monday, May 20, 13

12. AWARE
Monday, May 20, 13
Location: GE’s monitoring migratory paths of Hospital Beds in a Hospital, from ER to ICU and
identifying optimization opportunities.

13. If
you
just
walked
into
the
Milwaukee
Art
Museum;
Would
your
needs
be
different
than
if
you
were
at
home
on
your
couch?
Monday, May 20, 13

14. Color Rush
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Audio Tour Guide
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WELCOME
FEATURE EXHIBITION
Feb. 22-May 19
Monday, May 20, 13
Why don’t we do more prefilling of information based off the users IP address?

15. SMELL
Monday, May 20, 13

16. Monday, May 20, 13
MIT’s The Copenhagen Wheel measures pollution levels throughout the users ride and relays that
data to the city as well as it can recommend healthier alternative routes

17. What
is
the
role
of
UX
with
sensors
&
data?
Monday, May 20, 13

18. Sensors
+
Data
=
Actions/Insights
1)
What
do
you
want
me
to
take
away
2)
What
do
you
want
me
to
do
3)
How
do
you
feel?
-­‐
excited
-­‐
paranoid
-­‐
angry
-­‐
overwhelmed
Monday, May 20, 13
We get an A in sensors
We get a D in Insight

19. Monday, May 20, 13
Dr. DJ Patil presentation at LeWeb
Current data showed he sleeps ~3 hours. It tells him something he already knows = he sleeps like crap
He needs 1 hour deep of sleep, if that does't happen over several successive days he will get sick
It didn't tell him that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_CYKk8q1Ao

20. ?
Monday, May 20, 13