How the Internet of Things (IoT) Works
Many people have dreamed of smart homes where our appliances do our bidding automatically. The alarm sounds and also the coffee pot starts brewing the instant you want to start your day. Lights come on as you walk through the house. Some unseen computing device responds to your voice commands to read your schedule and messages to you whereas you get ready, then turns on the TV news. Your car drives you to work via the least congested route, freeing you up to get caught up on your reading or prep for your morning meeting while in transit. We've read and seen such things in science fiction for many years, however, they are now either already possible or on the brink of coming into being and all this new tech is forming the basis of what people are calling the internet of Things . The Internet of Things (IoT) , also typically referred to as the Internet of Everything (IoE) , consists of all the web-enabled devices that collect, send and act on the information they acquire from thei...