By Gillian West

Creative agency Uniform has designed a prototype exploring how the Internet of Things (IoT) could connect football fans to online conversations about their team.

Kixl is a physical object that flickers and changes colour to represent the number of tweets being sent using a chosen hashtag.

Monitoring social media activity in real-time, Kixl will glow green when there isn’t much activity, orange when conversation is building, and red when conversation is at its peak.

Drawing design inspiration from a referee’s card, Kixl is supposed to enable football fans to stay aware of and on top of online conversations about their Read full story ›

Source: The Drum