Title
Augmenting Object with IoT to Enhance Elders' Social Life.
Abstract
We describe an IoT system composed by a thermos flask with embedded sensors, microprocessor and network interface. The system connects to the internet after recognizing activity and sends a message over online social network-OSN (e.g. Twitter/Facebook) when hot coffee is brewed. The idea is to create a device that engage people to interact face-to-face, bringing old habits of drinking coffee as an excuse to socialize. Drinking coffee with friends is a world habit; in the south of Brazil the tradition to cultivate and drink coffee is very strong (especially in elderly people's life). The device is set to an ideal scenario and we can collect data from user's brewing coffee and therefore his daily consuming habits. The prototype is being improved before testing it with a large number of users and has providing new perspectives about the concept of "OSN based on IoT" and IoT to promote social interaction.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/978-3-319-49655-9_6
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics, and Telecommunications Engineering
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Internet of Things,Online social network,Thermos flask,Social interaction
Conference
181
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1867-8211
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
4