How the future of the Internet of Things is about industrial automation
Ben Obear
September 11, 2015
A new buzz-phrase has hit the business world in the last decade or so, and it's one you may have heard by now: the "Internet of Things." Essentially, the Internet of Things (or IoT, as it's sometimes abbreviated) refers to the fact that the internet is no longer a seemingly central "place" accessibly only from a computer terminal. These days, nearly everything is connected to the internet: smartphones, watches, tablets, televisions, cars, clocks and even cattle (yes, really--sensors on cattle are currently used on Dutch farms to signal conditions like illness or pregnancy).
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