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What is an Internet of Things?

Hugo Drax

Hugo Drax

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I keep hearing this word. It is like saying Gasoline of things, or sewer of things.

What exactly is this?
 
It refers to devices that are not computers but are connected to a network. A refrigerator, digital thermostat, etc.
 
It is so mouth breathers can be sold new appliances that talk to each other.

Just like the Cloud sold them on subscription services. All the tech in the world isn't worth a damn in the consumer market without a cute name.
 
Printer Bandit said:
please god don't let there be an internet of things toilet.
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much too late

Hell at CES there was a connected flower pot. "The internet of things" was the buzz phrase this year. Why not just say networked? Or smart? Smart made sense. But "the internet of things" makes my skin crawl.
 
Printer Bandit said:
please god don't let there be an internet of things toilet.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZU...60&feature=player_embedded&x-yt-ts=1422327029
 
Kadarin said:
You're forgetting that sensors in the toilet analyze whatever gets flushed and uploads that data to the cloud. This way, either your doctor or law enforcement can be alerted appropriately.
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I wonder if you will then in the future look at google maps and see lots of little toilet icons that you can hover your mouse over to get toilet statistics.
 
Hugo Drax said:
I keep hearing this word. It is like saying Gasoline of things, or sewer of things.

What exactly is this?
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How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition
The phrase “internet of things” has arisen to reflect the growing number of smart, connected products and highlight the new opportunities they can represent.

The internet, whether involving people or things, is simply a mechanism for transmitting information.

What makes smart, connected products fundamentally different is not the internet, but the changing nature of the “things.”

It is the expanded capabilities of smart, connected products and the data they generate that are ushering in a new era of competition.
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Lots of different perspectives. But I don't think that you can go wrong with Michael Porter's.

Uno
 
it's the thing that lets millennials know they're out of eggs in their fridge. because making a grocery list is too hard.
 
Hugo Drax said:
So why not just say internet connected devices?
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If you call it an internet connected device to a regular person it sounds like they have to do something or learn something (shudder). Plus it makes them actually think about the data being shared.

An "Internet of Things" makes it sound like the things are doing all the hard work on that internet thingy and you are just benefitting on the side. It is all just magic, just pull out your credit card!
 
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Tacking on internet connectivity to things that otherwise dont need it. Adding more points of failure to devices that already have enough.

Im not sold on it tbh. Its one of these that sounds cool ideas that when implemented in reality is more of an expensive novelty.

Its probably not all bad but I can see companies putting out a lot of dumb shit, maybe an internet connected washing basket or an iron, scald yourself more easily by distracting you :thumbsup:
 
As long as they don't wire up the cats I'm good.

Food bowl's empty
Food bowl's empty
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Food bowl's empty
 
rudeguy said:
much too late

Hell at CES there was a connected flower pot. "The internet of things" was the buzz phrase this year. Why not just say networked? Or smart? Smart made sense. But "the internet of things" makes my skin crawl.
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They needed a new marketing phrase 😛

The problem is the complications that arise when added "smarts" are thrown into the equation...from poor design, glitches, hackers, software updates that bring new features that the user isn't aware of, etc. Great example here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37111866&postcount=1139
 
It's a way for the NSA to spy on you through your fridge, toaster, and other appliance that really has no reason to be connected to the internet.

I think it's cool to add connectivity to stuff, but that connectivity should be limited to the LAN only and require VPN to access. Of course lot of these things are cloud based and crap or people set it up so you connect straight to the port. 😱

Personally I prefer the DIY method for this stuff like what I did with my furnace. There's a certain sense of accomplishment when you actually wired and coded the system yourself and you also know that there's no weird backdoors or anything. With the NSA stuff you really can't trust anything that you did not code yourself or that isn't open source.
 
Maximilian said:
Im not sold on it tbh.
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I am. I was sold on the idea years ago. It would be awesome if everything worked together and Google Now handled my climate control like it does entertainment or commuting.

The problem is just like the apps explosion on stuff in 2011 a lot of these devices suck.

What I would give for a Nest 3.0 that is worth buying. At least $400 a pop.
 
Red Squirrel said:
There's a certain sense of accomplishment when you actually wired and coded the system yourself and you also know that there's no weird backdoors or anything. With the NSA stuff you really can't trust anything that you did not code yourself or that isn't open source.
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Like OpenSSL?
 
jagec said:
Like OpenSSL?
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Exactly like that. Since it was open, the problem was seen, and it was fixed. Anyone who expects non-trivial programs to be bug free is delusional.

As to the computer controlled, network connected crap... I don't want any of it. If I want computer control, I'll use a computer. I want my fridge, oven, thermostat, whatever... to just sit there, and when I want them to do tricks, I'll operate a simple circuit to make them work. If they think on their own, they'll just fuck it up.
 
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