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An upcycled IoT

building tomorrow's IoT out of today's household possessions

An upcycled IoT

building tomorrow's IoT out of today's household possessions

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An Upcycled IoT: Building tomorrow’s IoT out of today’s household possessions

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An upcycled approach uses everyday objects as design material for IoT systems by enabling users to make their “dumb” objects “smart.” Adopting this approach, IoT Codex realizes a new socially informed, context-aware computing and end-user programming.

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        XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 27, Issue 4
        Computing and Sustainability
        Summer 2021
        59 pages
        ISSN:1528-4972
        EISSN:1528-4980
        DOI:10.1145/3472736
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