{"582479":{"#nid":"582479","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IPaT Thursday Think Tank: How do we Make IoT Usable?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThursday, October 13 - How do we Make IoT Usable?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen data specialist Mark Rittman set out to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/oct\/12\/english-man-spends-11-hours-trying-to-make-cup-of-tea-with-wi-fi-kettle?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emake a cup of tea recently\u003C\/a\u003E, he never anticipated that\u0026nbsp;it would take 11 hours!\u0026nbsp;Rittman was using his new Wi-Fi enabled tea\u0026nbsp;kettle, which was supposed to connect to\u0026nbsp;another device in his home and then turn on via voice control. As more and more everyday objects have network connectivity, how do we make IoT usable?\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan role=\u0022button\u0022 tabindex=\u00220\u0022\u003EJoin us tomorrow at 4pm to discuss.\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Thursday\u0026nbsp;Think\u0026nbsp;Tank\u0026nbsp;is a weekly gathering of the IPaT community to brainstorm about research and stay informed about the work that\u0026nbsp;everyone is doing.\u0026nbsp;This is an informal gathering where the moderator kicks off the weekly topic, but everyone is encouraged to join the discussion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIdeas for future Thursday\u0026nbsp;Think\u0026nbsp;Tanks? Send comments or suggestions to Russ Clark (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:russ.clark@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eruss.clark@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Maribeth Gandy\u0026nbsp;(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maribeth@imtc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emaribeth@imtc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Thursday Think Tank is a weekly gathering of the IPaT community to brainstorm about research and stay informed about the work that everyone is doing."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2016-10-12 21:31:37","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:14:21","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-10-13T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-10-13T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-10-13T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-10-13 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-10-13 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-10-13 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"148261","name":"IPaT Thursday Think Tank"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}