SCIENCE26 - What is the Internet of Things?
My recent blog, “The History of Virtual Reality,” closed with a statement to the effect that the future of virtual reality included integration with another technology, the Internet of Things , which I declined to discuss there as “beyond the scope of the article.” This blog will address that subject, and try to answer the question: What is the Internet of Things? After an introduction, where I will attempt to define and explain the Internet of Things, I will discuss its development history, then current applications, challenges in maturing the technology, and finally the future of the Internet of Things . I will list my primary sources at the end. Introduction There is an exciting new technology out there that I don’t believe many people have heard about: the Internet of Things (IoT). It has fabulous potential, but for many people, hearing about it for the first time, it’s a little scary too. First a definition, then an example: The...