Interacting With Social Networks of Intelligent Things and People in the World of Gastronomy

The research described in this paper stems from the idea that things, or better smart things, could play the role of gateways for enhancing the interaction between people and a territory with its cultural heritage. The idea is that, if things, such as everyday objects, artefacts, products, etc. could interact with people, they could tell us about the world around them, its history and traditions but also about the people they got in touch with, their experiences and emotions. Things are at the same time dumb protagonists and witness of the history of a territory and of a community. If only they could remember what happened to them and around them and could tell stories about that, then the possibility of interacting with things could provide users with a significantly enhanced experience. Things can thus introduce us to their world, which is made of people, other things and relationships among them and which evolves over time due to the mutual interaction between people and things.