For the inaugural meetup event for IoT Detroit, Itai Ben-Gal gave an introduction to the Internet of Things.

1. SPRING MEETING 2014

2. WHAT IS IOT?
Advanced connectivity of devices, systems and
services that goes beyond the traditional machine-
to-machine (M2M) and covers a variety of protocols,
domains and applications.

3. WHY NOW?
• Devices are getting smarter
• Devices are getting cheaper
• Networks are getting better

4. IOT IS EXPLODING
• Began in 1999 by MIT
• 30,000,000,000 devices by 2020
• $19,000,000,000/year

5. MARKETS
• Home automation
• Health care
• Shopping
• Agriculture
• …everything else