Two words hiding a new world. In a few years from now, every thing and every device you own will be connected to the internet. With the new era of IoT, a huge amount of data will be collected for input on artificially intelligent algorithms or systems. Imagine if your toaster is equipped with sensors, and know what kind of bread you are using, what time you activate it, and how many times per day you want to eat toast. This information may be useless for you, but for the big companies out there willing to spend billions and risk everything on how many toasts they should produce, it is not just something, it's a game changer. So, the Internet of Things is all the things that are connected to the internet such as your computer, your lights, your fridge, your garage door, and anything else that you are able to access through the internet.

On the other side, automation is any system that thinks are make decisions. For example, a system that detects when your car arrives at your home and opens your garage door automatically is an automation. These two words will guide you through the rest of the book and will be quite helpful for the rest of your life.

Raspberry Pi, arduino and all the similar boards are made to control devices and things and connect them to the internet. So this book is about a device called Pi Zero W that allows you to handle things in your home and connect them to the internet so that you can access them from anywhere in the world: