Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT)

<p>This book introduces the Internet of Things (IoT) which is the convergence of connecting people things data and processes; it is transforming our life business and everything in between. By 2025 experts forecast that up to 75 billion devices will be connected to the Internet with only one third of them being computers smartphones smartwatches and tablets. The remaining two thirds will be other devices – sensors terminals household appliances thermostats televisions automobiles production machinery urban infrastructure and many other things which traditionally have not been Internet enabled. This Internet of Things (IoT) represents a remarkable transformation of the way in which our world will soon interact. Much like the World Wide Web connected computers to networks and the next evolution mobile devices connected people to the Internet and other people IoT looks poised to interconnect devices people environments virtual objects and machines in ways that only science fiction writers could have imagined.</p>