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Companies like Facebook and Twitter have redefined social interaction. But what if machines like automobiles, bicycles, health monitors, appliances, instruments, and anything else you can connect to the Internet, could all become members of your social network, collect data you care about, and feed it back to you at just the right time? Nike+ is already doing this for your body, but every major industry, from healthcare to cars to home construction, is now building sensors and digital connectivity into their next generation of products. Companies like Ford, Pepsi, Verizon, and Procter and Gamble are also using social machines to reach new markets, improve brand/market awareness, and increase revenues.Social Machinesis the first book for business people, marketers,product developers, andtechnologists, explaining how this trend will change our world, how your business will benefit, and how to create connected products that customers love.

  • Explains how smart phones

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments ix

    Part I Social Machines: An Overview 1

    Chapter 1 Introduction 3

    Chapter 2 A Social Internet of Things 11

    Chapter 3 Why Social Networks Must Evolve 21

    Everything Will Get Connected 23

    Everything Will Get Smarter 29

    Everything Will Get Social 30

    We’re Running Out of Humans! 33

    Chapter 4 Social Machines and the Future of Humankind 35

    Part II Every Product Is a Platform: Rethinking Product Design in the Age of Connectedness 47

    Chapter 5 Overview 49

    Chapter 6 A Brief History of Abstraction 53

    Chapter 7 Social Product Design 65

    Connected versus Social 68

    Example 1—The Weather Station 73

    Example 2—Wheelchairs and Hand Sanitizers 80

    Example 3—The Social Bicycle 84

    Chapter 8 Avatars and the Social Seven: Unique Characteristics of Social Machines 99

    The Social Seven—Overview 102

    The Social Seven—Details 105

    Chapter 9 Spheres of Use, or Why Your New Product Should Do Things You Never Envisioned 117

    Part III The Business of Social Machines 121

    Chapter 10 Introduction 123

    People Sharing Things 125

    Things Sharing Data 130

    Chapter 11 How to Build a Business Using Social Machines 137

    Retrofit Model 139

    Built-in Model 142

    Chapter 12 My Customer’s Customer Is My Customer:The Beauty of a Social Value Chain 149

    Chapter 13 The Art of Social Pricing 153

    Part IV Getting Started 157

    Chapter 14 Design Requirements: What Does It Take to Design and Build a Social Machine? 159

    But First, a Quick Story 161

    How Do I Make My Product Social? 167

    Retrofit Model 183

    Built-in Model 185

    Chapter 15 Getting There from Here 189

    Part V Scenarios 195

    Chapter 16 Smart Home 197

    Chapter 17 Retail 203

    Chapter 18 Transportation 211

    Chapter 19 Finance 217

    Chapter 20 Health and Wellness 223

    Part VI Resources 229

    Index 235

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 10/05/2013
      ISBN13: 9781118471685, 978-1118471685
      ISBN10: 1118471687

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      Book Synopsis

      Companies like Facebook and Twitter have redefined social interaction. But what if machines like automobiles, bicycles, health monitors, appliances, instruments, and anything else you can connect to the Internet, could all become members of your social network, collect data you care about, and feed it back to you at just the right time? Nike+ is already doing this for your body, but every major industry, from healthcare to cars to home construction, is now building sensors and digital connectivity into their next generation of products. Companies like Ford, Pepsi, Verizon, and Procter and Gamble are also using social machines to reach new markets, improve brand/market awareness, and increase revenues.Social Machinesis the first book for business people, marketers,product developers, andtechnologists, explaining how this trend will change our world, how your business will benefit, and how to create connected products that customers love.

      • Explains how smart phones

        Table of Contents

        Acknowledgments ix

        Part I Social Machines: An Overview 1

        Chapter 1 Introduction 3

        Chapter 2 A Social Internet of Things 11

        Chapter 3 Why Social Networks Must Evolve 21

        Everything Will Get Connected 23

        Everything Will Get Smarter 29

        Everything Will Get Social 30

        We’re Running Out of Humans! 33

        Chapter 4 Social Machines and the Future of Humankind 35

        Part II Every Product Is a Platform: Rethinking Product Design in the Age of Connectedness 47

        Chapter 5 Overview 49

        Chapter 6 A Brief History of Abstraction 53

        Chapter 7 Social Product Design 65

        Connected versus Social 68

        Example 1—The Weather Station 73

        Example 2—Wheelchairs and Hand Sanitizers 80

        Example 3—The Social Bicycle 84

        Chapter 8 Avatars and the Social Seven: Unique Characteristics of Social Machines 99

        The Social Seven—Overview 102

        The Social Seven—Details 105

        Chapter 9 Spheres of Use, or Why Your New Product Should Do Things You Never Envisioned 117

        Part III The Business of Social Machines 121

        Chapter 10 Introduction 123

        People Sharing Things 125

        Things Sharing Data 130

        Chapter 11 How to Build a Business Using Social Machines 137

        Retrofit Model 139

        Built-in Model 142

        Chapter 12 My Customer’s Customer Is My Customer:The Beauty of a Social Value Chain 149

        Chapter 13 The Art of Social Pricing 153

        Part IV Getting Started 157

        Chapter 14 Design Requirements: What Does It Take to Design and Build a Social Machine? 159

        But First, a Quick Story 161

        How Do I Make My Product Social? 167

        Retrofit Model 183

        Built-in Model 185

        Chapter 15 Getting There from Here 189

        Part V Scenarios 195

        Chapter 16 Smart Home 197

        Chapter 17 Retail 203

        Chapter 18 Transportation 211

        Chapter 19 Finance 217

        Chapter 20 Health and Wellness 223

        Part VI Resources 229

        Index 235

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