Internet of Things

Internet of Things (IoT)

An interesting concept the internet of things, when I first read I gave myself time to think what it could be. I came to the conclusion that it had to be something where you have multiple physical objects connected in some way, maybe by IP or in some other way. According to an article I read by a Jacob Morgan the IoT could best be explained as “simply put this is the concept of basically connecting any device with an on and off switch to the Internet.” (Morgan) He went further to say that it was going to be composed of a network where all these “things” could be connected; the connection would be between people to people, people to things, and things to things.

The internet of things, an idea coined by Kevin Ashton is an idea that has been growing ever since more and more devices started to have connections to the internet. But what does this mean for us and how would any of this be of any use to us? The idea gives creativity and maybe a taste of “the future” in it. If everything from your phone to your alarm clock to your coffee maker to your car was connected to the same network. Your alarm would wake you up then tell your coffee maker to start brewing, which would link to your car and start it up to get the engine running. The idea of a simpler life comes to mind, much like the internet has made communication and information so attainable.

The internet of things brings rise to a new form of living with the ability of everyday objects being able to connect, send, and receive data. (Federal trade Commission) The idea of the internet being a network of networks would mean even more. A decade ago, if you asked anyone if there could be more IP’s than people in the world you may have been laughed at, but just six years ago the number of things connected to the internet surpassed the amount of people in the world. Its questionable how a thing or object can be connected to the internet, it has come to the conclusion that every object or...