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EvilDavid75 | 11 years ago

Just to clarify: this dashboard was made as a sort of a joke :) The data is real but our idea was to make something completely uninteresting fun to watch. We don't use any of the data in a business or cost reduction perspective (although I have to say that the number of printouts makes me realize we could be more eco-friendly). Nothing here is a technological achievement per se, the fact that we brought all this together is what makes it fun.

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midnitewarrior|11 years ago

While well done, this illustrates the pointlessness of the current focus of IoT applications. Getting a metric on how many times a door is opened, or how many times the toilet has been flushed has extremely limited usefulness for most people.

I know you guys are simply using this for illustrative purposes, but I believe there is an army of developers out there looking to make all this happen...for what purpose, I do not know!

This design is excellent though, good job.

normloman|11 years ago

There IS an army of developers waiting to make this happen.

https://www.myvessyl.com/

Look. It's a cup that tells you what you're drinking and records it. Why? I don't know. To lose weight? Why not just drink water? I don't know!

And it gets stupider from there. We have an obsession here with recording every little thing. That's great, if that data changes behavior. But some data just tells you what you already know, and stresses you out.

People in the 1st world have enough data. What we need is clarity! I want to retreat to a monastery sometimes.