10. What are smart obejcts and the Internet of things? Embedded systems Telemetry Sensor networks Ubuitous computing Mobile telephony Computer communications Smart objects and the Internet of Things
… so what is this thing that is expected to become so huge as to surpass the Internet thousandfold?
… tiny microchips … frightfully small, wouldn’t you say? So what can you use them for? I’ll just go through a few quick examples now. In fact, this whole day is dedicated to hearing more about the exciting possibilities of this technology, so I’ll keep it short for now.
But what is this technology It didn’t come out of the blue It is an intersection of several areas of technology and research … so much for the areas, but what about the technology behind this?