How the "Internet of Things" Will Become as Mainstream as Dropbox | MIT Technology Review: "...IBM is announcing an “Internet of Things Cloud” with free enrollment of the first 10 connected gadgets—whether washing machines or parking meters. It’s the kind of teaser more closely associated with, say, file storage on Dropbox. While this “IoT Cloud” will be for businesses, it will provide tools for those businesses to write apps for ordinary folks, such as for health-monitoring and home-management systems.
Such offerings stand a strong chance of massively accelerating the arrival of the ubiquitous computing era, with examples on display throughout the cavernous conference halls in Barcelona.
The “Connected City” section gives a visceral sense of what this era will be like, and the deep involvement of major carriers and IT companies in making it happen. “City” is just part of the story, with systems to tie together emergency reports, infrastructure sensors, and even parking meters...."
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