[Nettime-nl] Mediamatic workshop: RFID and the Internet of Things

[Lonneke Theelen - Mediamatic <lonneke@mediamatic.net>]

Upcoming workshop: RFID and The Internet of Things
11, 12, 13 September 2006
@ Mediamatic Amsterdam

After a succesfull CrashCourse in May, Mediamatic now presents a  
second workshop on RFID and The Internet of Things.


RFID allows for the unique identification of objects, and any kind of  
online data can be linked to these unique ID's. If RFID becomes an  
open web-based platform, and users can tag, share, and contribute  
content to the digital existence of their own places and objects, we  
can truly speak of an Internet of Things. This opens perpectives for  
new sustainability scenario's, for new relations between people and  
the stuff they have,  and for other locative applications.


The participants of this workshop will develop critical, utopian or  
nightmarish concepts for an Internet of Things in a hands-on way.  
Ideas can range from scripts for small new rituals to outlines of  
societal changes of epic scale. Prototypes can be tested with the  
workshop tools The Symbolic Table or the Nokia3220 phone with RFID  
reader.

The workshop has room for 16 designers, artists, thinkers and makers.  
Participation fee is €350 per person, ex BTW. Lunches, technical  
equipment and assistance are included. If you want to participate in  
this workshop, please register at our online registration form:
http://www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration

For questions or more information, surf to http://www.mediamatic.net/ 
workshops,

mail to workshops@mediamatic.nl, or call Klaas Kuitenbrouwer: +31 20  
6389901.


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