Video: Thingdom Come
Cheap sensors are readily available, data is easy to gather, analyse and visualise, and there are people and companies interested, and cash available for experimentation. However, in this age of Internet of Things, the combinations of sensors, hardware, software and data being created are still relatively simplistic.
At ProductTank April, Patrick Bergel, Founder and CEO of Animal Systems, talked about how current implementations of connected devices aren't addressing pressing human needs just yet, and discussed how IoT might come of age as the general population ages and solutions to tackle dementia, isolation and blindness come into play.
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Janna Bastow
Janna Bastow is one of the co-founders of Mind the Product, and kicked off her first event for product people with ProductCamp London in 2010, in an effort to meet and learn from other product managers. As a product manager always looking for better tools, Janna also co-founded ProdPad, product management and roadmapping software for product people. She often starts and stops conversations with the question: “What problem are you trying to solve?”
