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What is The Internet of Things Can someone explain it to me?

by Sep 18, 2015 5:45PM PDT

I've been trying to learn more about "The internet of things" after a friend at my IT classes mentioned it. It's hard to find some information where I can get the basic in layman terms. But if anyone can that heard about this Internet of Things please give me some tiny details?
Thanks! i will check back ofter for replies if anyone can help ( :

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To me this is on the web so keep reading until
by Forum moderator Sep 19, 2015 10:51AM PDT

Until you find one that makes sense.

Here my IOT (internet of things) is my light switch that I can control from my phone. That's just one thing. There are a lot more things that I can put on the internet but I kept it simple.

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Imagine a connected world
by Oct 12, 2015 6:05PM PDT

So from my understanding the "internet of things" is the process of bringing the devices that you use in your daily life, into the digital world. So imagine having everything connected. Your lights slowly turn on at a certain time, then you turn off your shower your coffee maker knows this and starts brewing your coffee for you and so on, and so on. In essence it's digitizing all the items (or "things") you use daily and then letting them work together to make the world more efficient and easier.

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