A More Human-centric Internet of Things with Temporal and Spatial Context

As the Internet of Things evolves, attention has been paid to adding intelligence capabilities, some of them via semantic technologies. However, many of these developments are still too device-centric and more needs to be done to make the IoT more people-centric. One important aspect in this direction is supporting spatial constructs that are meaningful to humans. We present the OpenThings platform as a basis to provide meaning via semantic technologies and demonstrate how it can be used to build environments that take into account a human-centered view of temporal and spatial context. We exemplify this by building a prototype for a system that supports proxemic interactions and time awareness.