This book demonstrates that emotion is a highly influential component in creating a new society
and new engineering revealing the importance of emotion in various aspects of the Connected
World. It addresses a wide variety of topics but with this one underlying aim throughout.
Further it stands out for the approach it takes to the Internet of Things and the Connected
Society. The contributing authors illustrate that humans are essentially either playmakers or
playing managers with teamwork and play being crucial aspects of our lives. They argue that
strategy is becoming increasingly important and consider the most adaptable strategy one that
will allow us to respond to today¿s quickly and radically changing situations. The book is
particularly focused on the Connected Society as the point of departure and explores what
motivates humans what decisions they should make and what actions they should take. With
engineering quickly moving from product development to experience development and the role of
emotion in engineering becoming increasingly apparent this book offers a timely and valuable
resource for engineers and researchers alike.