Internet of things

The Internet of Things (IoT), as the name says, can be considered as a technology enabler for things (which includes people as well) to connect or disconnect from the internet. The term IoT was first coined by Kelvin Ashton in 1999. With broadband Wi-Fi becoming widely available, it is becoming a lot easier to connect things to the internet. This a has lot of potential to enable a smart way of living and already there are many projects being spoken about smart homes, smart cities, and so on. A simple use case can be predicting the arrival time of a bus so that commuters can get a benefit, if there are any delays and plan accordingly. In many developing countries, the transport system is enabled with smart devices which help commuters predict the arrival or departure time for a bus or train precisely. Gartner analysts firm has predicted that more than 26 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020. The following diagram from Wikipedia shows the technology roadmap depicting the applicability of the IoT by 2020 across different areas:

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