On Tuesday, April 22, Associate Professor Rodolphe el-Khoury was interviewed on CBC's radio show Metro Morning about the "internet of things." el-Khoury is the Director of Urban Design at the Daniels Faculty and Co-Director (along with Assistant Professor Carol Moukheiber) of the Responsive Architecture at Daniels Laboratory (RAD Lab) which explores ways of integrating technology and architecture.

He explained the idea of the "internet of things" to host Matt Galloway as a "condition where all the objects around you will be online, will be connected and possibly conversing with each other."

el-Khoury gave several examples including a blanket that analyzes a person's sleep patterns, a room that wakes you up at a certain time depending on weather and traffic conditions with the smell of coffee and building systems that can manage heating and cooling in a more responsive and efficient way depending on external factors.

Galloway asked about the risks to privacy if everything is online and speaking to each other. el-Khoury responded that this reaction has been seen throughout history in response to such ideas, but it is a concern that needs to be thoughtfully explored.

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el-Khoury has spoken about responsive architecture and the work of the RAD Lab on various media outlets recently, including an interview on the CBC radio program Spark, a TEDx talk and a feature in the Globe and Mail.