WHAT is the IoT?
The Internet of Things (IoT) Internet of thingsis a neologism related to the extension of the Internet to the world of concrete objects and places. Introduced by Kevin Ashton, co-founder and executive director of the MIT-based Auto-ID Center, during a presentation at Procter & Gamble in 1999. The concept was later developed by the research agency Gartner.
The concept represents, in fact, a possible evolution of the use of the internet: objects (the “things”) in fact become recognizable and acquire intelligence thanks to the fact of being able to communicate data about themselves and access aggregated information by others. That’s why alarm clocks ring first in traffic, sneakers transmit time, speed and distance to compete in real time with people on the other side of the globe, medicine jars alert family members if they forget to take the Medication. For this reason, all objects can acquire an active role thanks to the connection to the Network.