The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical objects that are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity to enable these objects to collect and exchange data.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and other items—embedded with electronics, software and sensors—that enables these things to connect and exchange data.
The IoT includes both physical devices such as personal wearable technologies like the Apple Watch or Fitbit as well as "smart" home appliances such as refrigerators or washing machines that have Internet connectivity.
In June 2007, the phrase "Internet of Things" was used in a patent filing by Apple. It describes a device that could detect when someone is in contact with it and change its behaviour based on the presence or absence of the person.
In July 2007, Google launched a project called "Bacon Number". This project was an attempt to provide a standard for measuring how connected digital things are to each other, which was defined as "a measure of how many devices there are that communicate with each other.
"The project was split into three phases:
Phase 1: "Inventing the Graph" - Generate a rough idea of what the graph might look like.
Phase 2: "Building the DAG" - Start creating the data points.
Phase 3: "Analysing Results" - Analyse and present results to sponsors and users.
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