An MIT team’s award-winning research and IoT prototype demonstrate a tangible application of wearable and IoT technology, providing a look at future industrial safety applications
Functionally, IoT is not new. However, open problems with sensors, connectivity, power sources and data need to be solved for IoT to reach forecasted scale.
Researchers point out where more smart infrastructure is needed to support IoT, smart cities and smart transportation
Machine learning will deliver much of the intelligence in the internet of things
The fog computing model contrasts IoT needs with cloud computing
Connecting the billions of IoT devices will take a lot of application specific network engineering.
Gartner and Tech Insider agree on unit forecasts but disagree about buyers
Security researchers from the University of Michigan and Stony Brook University compared IoT to established platforms and uncovered incomplete defenses
At Google I/O, Google bids to keep users on its platform longer with faster hardware and the Home/Assistant conversational interface
