Internet of Things Applications

We’re in the midst of a new technology shift in which billions of devices and objects — from cars to wearables to drones — are becoming intelligently connected. Referred to as the Internet of Things — or IoT — it promises to make consumers’ lives more efficient, more convenient, and more enjoyable, and to transform industries by enabling new services, new business models, and new experiences.



While the IoT has been driven from a technology perspective by Moore’s law with more powerful, low cost and small form factor chips, its value is reflected in Metcalfe’s law—named after 3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe—which states that the usefulness of a network grows as the square of the number of nodes increases. Think about that within the context of the IoT, in which tens of billions of devices and objects will be connected — and interconnected — in the coming years. Today in your home, you likely have dozens of connected devices and IP addresses. In the future, it will be hundreds.

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We’ve seen a tremendous amount of innovation occurring within the IoT, but this is only the tip of the iceberg of what’s possible. We’re excited to see what the next generation of innovators will create, and to give the outside world a peek into the people-and their approach to innovation—that will shape the future of the connected experience.

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