Week 13 - The Internet of Things

Just when I thought that, social network surveillance is scary enough, it is not the scariest thing just yet. After watching the video Ted posted in the lecture, it freaked me out that now even objects are able to speak/communicate with human beings. But how would it be like if 'they' the objects, had actually been 'watching' us all these while? Won't it be equivalent to a person standing there and just watching your every move? It is really creepy to me though.


However, with that being said, I'm sure that having objects interacting with human would be the future, and it is indeed very helpful/ efficient. Especially when objects such as the oven are able to know exactly what time to switch on and start cooking a fantastic meal. Having the garage door open exactly at the time when you arrive home. It's like having everything all set and ready to go on your call, or in reality, when you push that 'start' button on your device. 


Besides that, when I first saw the demo video of the Apple iPhone 4S with the new function of Siri, it reminded me of the video in the lecture. If you haven't already watched it, please do.. 

With the new Siri function, everything's made to be easy. It could help you to organise your personal schedule and would even 'inform' you that you have a clash on your schedule. It's even possible to ask Siri to remind you to make a phone call as you reach home. It's incredibly amazing. But then, the question of whether surveillance on individual is being to tight? It's as though your identity is being put out there, in the mist of zero security.
This semester has been great, thanks Ted for sharing your knowledge with us. You're a great teacher!