This document introduces Homesense, an open innovation project started in 2009. It brought together 20 households and 8 tech people to solve problems and develop things together. They worked to make a smart home by dealing with issues like wires and tools becoming irrelevant. While there were challenges, an open approach allowed everyone to win through sharing results quickly with multi-disciplinarity and close user involvement.

1. Hello #LIFT11!

2. My name is Alex. This is Georgina.

3. 2007-2011 Tinker London 2011 designswarm / RIG London / Lirec.eu

4. What is Homesense? What happens when you win What happens when you fail How IP works against you when you’re small Why it’s still a good idea to innovate in the open

5. It started with a blog post.

7. Residents of Ethelburga Tower / Mark Cowper

11. It started with LIFT 09. @delalonde @SpaceTime___

12. www.homesenseproject.com

13. 20 households & 8 tech people applied

14. Daniel Christophe Théo David The Tait Family Darja Gareth

18. And people worked together…

24. to solve problems and make things.

33. Then the shit hits the fan…

35. and again…

37. but…

41. On Making a smart home Wires are still a problem that will affect scale Tools become quickly irrelevant, they are just good starting points. Making in a more robust manner matters. There is no such thing as a normal person This will be a useful approach for other communities .

45. On doing research in a micro SME. It’s risky and it relies on everything else going well. The right people and the right partner matter. Openess doesn’t mean you are protected. Openess means everyone wins.

46. On open innovation. R&D budgets are shrinking Multi-disciplinarity & being close to your users is something corporations are bad at. It’s cheaper and results are shared quickly.

47. Thanks #LIFT11 Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino homesenseproject.com @iotwatch @home_sense