{"id":18254,"date":"2013-05-29T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T09:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18254"},"modified":"2013-05-29T11:47:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T09:47:52","slug":"welcome-to-the-programmable-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/29\/welcome-to-the-programmable-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the programmable world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the programmable world<\/a><\/p>\n

But here\u2019s a better way to think about what we\u2019re building: It\u2019s the Programmable World. After all, what\u2019s remarkable about this future isn\u2019t the sensors, nor is it that all our sensors and objects and devices are linked together. It\u2019s the fact that once we get\u00a0enough<\/em>\u00a0of these objects onto our networks, they\u2019re no longer one-off novelties or data sources but instead become a coherent system, a vast ensemble that can be choreographed, a body that can dance. Really, it\u2019s the opposite of an \u201cInternet,\u201d a term that even today\u2014in the era of the cloud and the app and the walled garden\u2014connotes a peer-to-peer system in which each node is equally empowered. By contrast, these connected objects will act more like a swarm of drones, a distributed legion of bots, far-flung and sometimes even hidden from view but nevertheless coordinated as if they were a single giant machine.<\/p>\n

For the Programmable World to reach its full potential, we need to pass through three stages. The first is simply the act of getting more devices onto the network\u2014more sensors, more processors in everyday objects, more wireless hookups to extract data from the processors that already exist. The second is to make those devices rely on one another, coordinating their actions to carry out simple tasks without any human intervention. The third and final stage, once connected things become ubiquitous, is to understand them as a system to be programmed, a bona fide platform that can run software in much the same manner that a computer or smartphone can. Once we get there, that system will transform the world of everyday objects into a design\u00adable environment, a playground for coders and engineers. It will change the whole way we think about the division between the virtual and the physical. This might sound like a scary encroachment of technology, but the Programmable World could actually let us put more of our gadgets\u00a0away<\/em>, automating activities we normally do by hand and putting intelligence from the cloud into everything we touch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the programmable world But here\u2019s a better way to think about what we\u2019re building: It\u2019s the Programmable World. After all, what\u2019s remarkable about this future isn\u2019t the sensors, nor is it that all our sensors and objects and devices are linked together. It\u2019s the fact that once we get\u00a0enough\u00a0of these objects onto our … Continue reading Welcome to the programmable world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[3189,1336,3188],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-18254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-future","tag-inspiration","tag-smart-home","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t