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Your House: The Next Great Digital Network

Your House: The Next Great Digital Network | Web of Things | Scoop.it
From mashable.com - May 27, 2012 10:33 PM

Connected boxes Twine and Ninja Blocks, card-like Electric Imp, and stand-alone sensor hub Knut all use sensors to communicate information about objects or the environment around them to the Internet — a concept known as “The Internet of Things.”

 

The Internet of Things has been around for a while. It includes gadgets like connected scales and the Nike+ shoe, as well as identifying technologies as simple as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. Over the last few years, however, the hardware involved in putting objects online has become more accessible — and The Internet of Things has made a beeline toward the mainstream.

 

“Trying to determine the market size of the Internet of Things is like trying to calculate the market for plastics, circa 1940,” Nelson explained in a report by consulting firm the Hammersmith Group. “At that time, it was difficult to imagine that plastics could be in everything.

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The Internet is (almost) everywhere

From www.fool.com - December 17, 2011 12:42 PM

"The Internet is (almost) everywhere
The age of dumb machines is nearly over. Ford (NYSE: F ) wants to sell you a car that's hooked up to the cloud. Microsoft, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) , and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG ) are all making serious inroads toward turning your TV into an intelligent entertainment hub. Wristbands can keep track of your health; your coffee pot remembers when to brew; and your refrigerator notices when you're low on milk and places an order for more. That's the essence of the Internet of things, a connected existence that's within the reach of ordinary consumers."

 

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'Google X' lab: Where engineers design talking fridges and lifts to space

'Google X' lab: Where engineers design talking fridges and lifts to space | Web of Things | Scoop.it
From www.dailymail.co.uk - November 21, 2011 4:29 PM
A secret lab within Google's Mountain View HQ - the Googleplex - houses out-there projects few Googlers are even aware of, including robot workers and plates that Tweet.

 

Ideas such as an 'internet of things' - where devices such as fridges and plates are 'connected' to the wider world - have been popular discussion points among tech visionaries for more than a decade.

 

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Motion-sensing kitchen teaches French to student cooks

Motion-sensing kitchen teaches French to student cooks | Web of Things | Scoop.it
From www.gizmag.com - October 25, 2011 4:52 PM

Smart kitchen anyone? - @ddrrnt

 

"The French Digital Kitchen has been compared to an automotive navigation system, in that it provides verbal step-by-step instructions, doled out as the user successfully completes each one.

 

To use the system, users first access a connected computer, on which they select the recipe they want to prepare. As the instructions are given, digital sensors in the utensils, ingredient containers and other equipment register whether or not those instructions are being followed correctly. Those instructions are worded in such a way that they contribute to the student's understanding of French in general."

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IBM's "new" Internet: full of toasters, earrings & electronic T-shirts

IBM's "new" Internet: full of toasters, earrings & electronic T-shirts | Web of Things | Scoop.it
From www.computerweekly.com - December 16, 2011 2:52 PM

Embedded software application development could be a significantly increasing trend for 2012 and onward if IBM's latest thinking is borne out in tangible product development.

 

This is the upshot of IBM's latest moves to produce what could effectively be a whole new Internet - or the "Internet of Things" as it is known. One made up of data and intercommunication exchanges between digitally empowered devices from fridges and toasters to cars, electronically intelligent sports clothing and plant pots.

 

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Deccan Herald » Internet of Things

From www.deccanherald.com - November 2, 2011 11:41 AM

"The practical use of connected devices are limitless. Medical devices such as pacemakers and glucose meters can alert doctors on their own if they read anything wrong.


You can log in to your kitchen gadgets and start cooking as you drive home. Sensors fitted in a building can draw attention to the parts, which need maintenance. If this sounds futuristic, the future is here. A high-end car may come fitted with up to 200 sensors that may monitor all key parameters – from engine performance to tyre pressures."

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