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A short description of the Internet of Things (IoT) would be something on the order of: The interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.

A longer description: The Internet of Things is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

Many credit the idea of the Internet of Things to computer scientist Mark Weiser. In 1988, Weiser, then chief technical officer for Xerox PARC, coined the term “ubiquitous computing,” which he described as a world where objects of all kinds could sense, communicate, analyze and act or react to people and other machines autonomously. Furthermore, certain objects could do this in a manner no more intrusive or noteworthy than turning on a light or opening a water tap.

This idea has evolved into a technological architecture responsible for everything from self-driving cars and smart cities to wearables and smart grids.

In actuality, it’s not one technology but several that drive Weiser’s vision of the Internet of Things. These technologies include:

• Sensors – A device that generates an electronic signal from a physical condition or event.
• Networks – A mechanism for communicating an electronic signal.
• Standards – Commonly accepted prohibitions or prescriptions for action.
• Augmented Intelligence – Analytical tools that improve the ability to describe, predict and exploit relationships among phenomena.
• Augmented Behavior – Technologies and techniques that improve compliance with prescribed action.

One trend impacting the IoT that even Weiser might not have foreseen is the technological landscape of machine-to-machine interfaces.

Machine-to-machine interfaces remove fallible human intervention into otherwise optimized processes. In other words, insights into human cognitive biases are making prescriptions for action based on augmented intelligence far more reliable and effective.

With the rollout of 5G technology in the U.S., the IoT movement is expected to accelerate with 5G’s ultra-fast download speeds and low latency.

Want to know more about the Internet of Things? Tonex offers IoT Training Crash Course, a comprehensive and intense 3-day class that covers what the IoT is about, technology trends, deployments and convergence.

Additionally, Tonex offers several different IoT courses covering everything from Industry 4.0 to cybersecurity.

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