The Internet of Things describes a growing interest and economy around the production of buildings, vehicles, objects and clothing with built in sensors and computer networks which allow 'physical things' to communicate with users and with each other. This trend is inspiring technologists and product designers across the world so Watershed and The Crafts Council thought we'd get together and put on a workshop exploring what this might mean in the world of craft?

We are busy planning a workshop in November that will bring together makers, designers and artists with engineers, technologists and funders, but in the meantime, here is a list of articles and project examples gathered together by The Pervasive Media Studio's Dan Williams that relate to this subject:

Spotify Radio, a physical radio for listening to spotify

Bubblino: a Twitter-monitoring, bubble-blowing Arduino-bot:

Glowcaps, medicine bottles networked to the pharmacy to ensure you take your pills

The good night lamp, a family of lamps which allow people to communicate the act of coming back home to their loved ones, remotely.

The Ambient Umbrella, lets you know when rain or snow is in the forecast by illuminating its handle

DIY Pen, a laser cut pen that arrives in kit form

Instaprint prints polaroids from hashtagged instagram photos

Stickybits - create your own tagged objects

USB Typewriter, an Etsy shop retro-fitting old typewriters

Liquid Robotics, tiny robots that float around the ocean measuring pollution and other stuff

City Tickets, reusing parking ticket machines

For further reading and browsing we also suggest

Tinker London's Defining the Internet of Things

Russell Davis on BBC.co.uk on Internet of Things

Technology Will Save Us