The Internet of Things

Some of you may already be very familiar with the concept "Internet of things", but for those of you who don't , let me give you a lowdown on what this is all about, first up let's just do some imagining;

The alarm clock wakes you up at the right timing, you walk into your bathroom and the water temperature will be just right, without you having to adjust anything.

Then with a touch of a button, the coffee machine prepares your perfect cup of coffee, not too sweet…just the right taste.

Once you've stepped out of your house, the taxi arrives on time to send you to your destination.

All these and more, is the Internet of Things in action, so how does it actually work?

Well it all starts with you keying in details like your appointment time and location in your calendar which is linked to a central automated system; so upon your input, this will trigger off the series of actions that I've illustrated above.

The internet of things essential refers to the network infrastructure that had made these entirely possible, linking all our network enabled household devices together to this central automated system, in which we are able to configure to our own preference. In essence the Internet of things is the technology which allowes these devices to communicate with one another to make our lives easier.