TY - GEN
T1 - Lessons learned from online social networking of physical things
AU - Kamilaris, Andreas
AU - Papadiomidous, Diomidis
AU - Pitsillides, Andreas
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Social networking is a core part of the global online experience. The Web 2.0 has been transformed into a social Web, extending the social capabilities of users. A big challenge for the Web is to become ubiquitous, blended with the everyday life of people. The Pervasive Web would be effectively enabled when physical things are seamlessly connected to the Web, offering real-world services to users. In a previous work, we examined the feasibility of utilizing existing online social networking platforms, to create a social smart home that promotes sharing of sensor and household devices between family members. In this paper, we present some early experiences obtained from developing two real-world social applications, the first for environmental monitoring in a farm and the second for increasing energy awareness by sharing electricity consumption information between friends. Through these two deployments, we demonstrate the potential benefits of giving a social texture to pervasive applications.
AB - Social networking is a core part of the global online experience. The Web 2.0 has been transformed into a social Web, extending the social capabilities of users. A big challenge for the Web is to become ubiquitous, blended with the everyday life of people. The Pervasive Web would be effectively enabled when physical things are seamlessly connected to the Web, offering real-world services to users. In a previous work, we examined the feasibility of utilizing existing online social networking platforms, to create a social smart home that promotes sharing of sensor and household devices between family members. In this paper, we present some early experiences obtained from developing two real-world social applications, the first for environmental monitoring in a farm and the second for increasing energy awareness by sharing electricity consumption information between friends. Through these two deployments, we demonstrate the potential benefits of giving a social texture to pervasive applications.
KW - Energy Awareness
KW - Environmental Monitoring
KW - Facebook
KW - Pervasive Web
KW - Social Networking
KW - Web of Things
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855826976&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/BWCCA.2011.24
DO - 10.1109/BWCCA.2011.24
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84855826976
SN - 9780769545325
T3 - Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA 2011
SP - 128
EP - 135
BT - Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA 2011
T2 - 6th International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA-2011
Y2 - 26 October 2011 through 28 October 2011
ER -