The aim of this book is to stimulate research on the topic of the Social
Internet of Things, and explore how Internet of Things architectures,
tools, and services can be conceptualized and developed so as to reveal,
amplify and inspire the capacities of people, including the
socialization or collaborations that happen through or around smart
objects and smart environments.
From new ways of negotiating privacy, to the consequences of increased
automation, the Internet of Things poses new challenges and opens up new
questions that often go beyond the technology itself, and rather focus
on how the technology will become embedded in our future communities,
families, practices, and environment, and how these will change in
turn.