Since the 'Internet of Things' is one of the trends I included in my list of Megatrends, I have been looking for its simplest, clearest explanation. This video from IBM is definitely the most simple I could find, although it falls somewhat short in showing the real usefulness of having everything connected to everything (and everyone) else.
Of course, I can see clear benefits in terms of making energy use, health care and transport more efficient, to name just a few, but do I really want to know from a distance whether the bottle of milk in my fridge is almost empty? Once applied on a micro-scale of the individual, the concept looks a bit like gadgets to me, but maybe I'm old-fashioned...
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