The document discusses how the Internet of Things (IoT) will transform society by connecting physical objects to the internet. The IoT is currently in its early stages but is growing rapidly, with estimates of 50 billion connected devices by 2020. It will impact individuals, businesses and entire industries. The economic impact of the IoT is estimated to be $2.7-$6.2 trillion annually by 2025. Key technologies like sensors, tags and smaller electronic components are enabling the growth of the IoT by connecting more everyday objects. The large amount of data created by connected devices will provide new insights and applications that could transform environments, industries and behaviors.
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The!IoT!'!Transforming!the!way!we!behave!with!our!environment!
Stephane.saintdenis@kedgebs.com!
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formed! by! the! cold! winter! night.! As! he! walks! in! the! house! and! heads! to! the!
kitchen,!motion!sensors!turn!lights!on!and!off.!It!is!very!convenient!for!Max!as!he!
no! longer! needs! to! worry! about! energy! and! money! savings.! Finally,! as! he! sits!
down!next!to!the!dining!table,!he!discovers!on!his!smartphone!why!he!was!able!
to!oversleep!30!minutes.!!
In!fact,!his!meeting!was!pushed!back!40!minutes;!his!car!knows!it!will!need!to!fill!
up!the!gas!tank!to!make!it!to!the!airport!'!10!minutes!are!needed!for!the!fill!up;!
there!is!an!accident!on!his!driving!route,!causing!a!20!minute!detour;!and!finally!
his!flight!is!delayed!–!20!minutes!more.!
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These! few! examples! among! many! other! possible! examples! illustrate! how!
collective! intelligence! will! progressively! transform! society! within! the! next!
decade.!!In!the!near!future,!hundreds!of!millions,!then!billions!of!individuals!and!
businesses! with! billions,! then! trillions,! of! IoT! technologies! will! expand! the!
boundaries!of!our!current!system!to!new!horizons.!!
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“If we can harvest the Big Data insights from all of the things connected to
the Internet we can more precisely understand how our world actually
works. By making Internet of Things application development easier, the
answers to the grand challenges of our age becomes more feasible.”
Thorsten Kramp, Computer Scientist at IBM Research! !