Meta Products discusses the rise of the Internet of Things, a twenty-first century phenomenon in which physical consumer products (meta products) connect to the web and start communicating with each other by means of sensors and actuators. A must-read for trendwatchers, product design agencies, R&D departments, and anyone interested in the next wave of consumer technology.
Pretty Book, Face-paced in words, a little all over in ideas. Sort of outdated IMO.
Interesting takeaways:
The paradigm of ownership and why it will change the way technology products and business blend in the future. Why own something that may not always work when you can borrow something that does.
The internet created a global village but recent importance in proximity and geolocation brings back humane localized interaction.