(IoT) – The Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT), if you’re not familiar with the term, is the future of ALL technology. The Internet of Things will connect 50 billion devices by 2020. You see, for the Internet of Things to work, every device has to have a piece of software… A little piece of technology called MEMS, which is short for systems. microelectromechanical.

MEMS are tiny, low-power sensors…so small that 100 of them fit on a dime. Some versions are only a thousandth of an inch in size. The Internet of Things will be able to feel, think and act, but only with these sensors. They are literally the eyes and ears of the Internet of Things.

The Internet of Things is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment.

Everything from the phones we carry in our pockets to the cars we drive and the buildings we work and live in will be linked to massive data networks.

Soon there will be a global system of interconnected computer networks, sensors, actuators, and devices using the Internet protocol that has so much potential to change our lives that it is often referred to as the next generation of the Internet.

The Internet of Things is the interconnection of physical devices, vehicles (also called “connected devices” and “smart devices”), buildings, and other items embedded with electronic devices, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that allow these objects to collect and exchange data.

In other words, devices will be able to connect with other devices with or without human intervention. When a machine is equipped with sensors, it can know what state it is in and, when necessary, initiate its own maintenance.

Ten million driverless cars are expected to be on the roads by 2020 and are expected to reduce traffic deaths by 90%. To get you to your destination safely, cars will communicate with other cars, with the weather station, with the Department of Transportation, with traffic lights, and with the very road you’re driving on.

The IoT allows objects to be remotely sensed or controlled over existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems and resulting in greater efficiency, precision and economic benefit, in addition to less human intervention.

Everything from the phones we carry in our pockets to the cars we drive and the buildings we work and live in are connected to massive data networks. There will be 25 billion connected objects, 90% of cars will be connected.

It now enables communication between physical objects…devices that now connect and communicate with other devices and help create a more connected world. Still in its infancy, the Internet of Things is growing.