Sony took to Maker Faire Bay Area to show off its MESH prototype. It's based on “smart technology” and both the name and concept are derived from Make, Experience, Share. It enables people to use the platform, to create something that makes life easier, more productive or fun. This open source platform is a concept that's designed to help create smart “things.” Creators will be able to program different functional blocks that may include LEDs, buttons, acceleration sensors or speakers wirelessly. It uses a simple GUI that will define the block's behavior.
The kicker is that the concept is designed to make it easy for anyone — regardless of programming or developing skills, to create their own “inventions” that will seamlessly integrate into their homes and lives. MESH wants to take the proprietary tech and apps that developers and manufacturers create for their hardware and kick it up a notch.
For example, MESH could keep tabs on what you have in your fridge. This could be done by attaching a motion sensor brick to the refrigerator door in conjunction with a camera brick on a near by shelf. Users could then set it up so that everything you open the fridge, the camera takes a picture and sends it to your phone.
Currently, MESH is still in prototype form and Sony is working on a SDK for interested develops. There is no indication that this will ever hit the mainstream, but one thing is for certain, if this doesn't, something similar probably will. What would you use MESH for if you had the chance to use it?
source: Sony Mobile
