Philipp-Alexander Blum
IoT: The road to sustainability
#1about 3 minutes
The problem of unsustainable IoT devices
Major tech companies like Sonos, Apple, and John Deere create electronic waste by locking down devices and limiting repairability.
#2about 2 minutes
Taking responsibility and fighting for repair rights
Engineers must take responsibility for product lifecycles, while consumer and legal actions can force companies to adopt right-to-repair policies.
#3about 2 minutes
Building sustainable hardware with open source
Open source hardware, championed by companies like Adafruit and SparkFun, provides accessible circuit designs and PCBs to enable repair and modification.
#4about 3 minutes
Achieving interoperability with Web of Things standards
The W3C Web of Things (WoT) standard aims to solve device fragmentation by enabling different IoT devices to communicate with each other.
#5about 5 minutes
Understanding the Web of Things Thing Description
The core of WoT is the Thing Description, a JSON file that describes a device's capabilities, metadata, and API endpoints for interaction.
#6about 5 minutes
A practical demo of a WoT-enabled device
A live demo shows how to interact with an ESP32 OLED display using its Thing Description and a simple Node.js application.
#7about 8 minutes
A developer's journey from web dev to IoT
The speaker shares his career path from early hardware tinkering to web development with PHP and JavaScript, and back to embedded systems with Riot OS.
#8about 5 minutes
How to advocate for sustainability in your team
To promote sustainability, frame it as a marketing advantage, a cost-saving measure, and a necessary mindset shift to attract future talent.
#9about 8 minutes
Lessons from legacy systems and risky projects
Anecdotes from past projects reveal the risks of outdated practices in large companies, such as using local Excel files for financial trades.
#10about 5 minutes
From tinkering with PCs to open source IoT
The speaker details his hardware experience, from building PCs and using Arduino to contributing to open source IoT projects like Riot OS.
#11about 5 minutes
The future of tech: AI, IoT, and DeFi
The next five years in tech will be shaped by the convergence of AI for efficiency, IoT for interoperability, and DeFi for accessible financing.
#12about 3 minutes
The sustainability problem with blockchain technology
Blockchain's future depends on moving away from energy-intensive proof-of-work models toward more sustainable alternatives like proof-of-stake.
#13about 2 minutes
Developing a playful hardware kit for Web of Things
The speaker's current project involves creating a playful hardware development kit to make learning and building with Web of Things more accessible.
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