Rob van Kranenburg is a teacher and a writer. He wrote The Internet of Things - A critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID. He is co-founder of bricolabs and the Founder of Council. Together with Christian Nold he recently published Situated Technologies Pamphlets 8: The Internet of People for a Post-Oil World. He ranks number 6 on Postscape’s list of the top 100 Internet of Things (IOT) thinkers. He is a member of the European Commission’s IOT Expert Group and Chair of IOT Forum’s Working Group Society.