What Is The Internet of Things?

The Internet of Things, often shortened to IoT, describes the expansion of the Internet far beyond the traditional computing systems and items like mobiles and personal computers into a range on conventional non-electronic devices and items that can be connected and controlled by such systems as smartphones. 

This could apply to ‘smart homes’ where lots of fixtures like home security systems, cameras heating and appliances could be controlled by mobile phones.

All of these issues need real attention as the electronic world of social networks, commerce and government is on a continual change and the Internet of Things is one of next really significant changes.

The Internet of Things describes a large group of objects that can connect and share electronic data and information. 
The name Internet of Things (IoT) was created by Kevin Ashton in 1998 before anything other than computers where connected to the Internet. He wanted society to create an interconnected Internet connecting all areas of society. 

The IoT works by embedding mobile transceivers into a wide range of different items which allows connection and communication between items and items and sometimes people. It has added a new and different aspect and dimension to global data and connections. 

These interconnected objects can include everything from banknotes, cars, aspects of the human body to massive industrial devices and machines. In order to be able to interconnect the objects use the internet protocol or IP, which is used to identify and globally connect computers on the world wide web.The ides and purpose of IoT is to enable machines and objects to be able to report in real time. This process improves the ways in which information and data can be collected and read without the need for human intervention.

The IoT aim is to instant access to information and data about the physical world objects so as to increase global proficiency, efficiency and productivity. 

In the last couple of decades, computers have begun to become more independent of their operators. 
In the twentieth century computers only did what the operator told them to do but now in the twenty first century with the Internet of Things computers are beginning to act alone. 

Soon self-driving cars and vehicles will take over many roads and this will save many thousands of lives every year and this process will reduce traffic and exhaust pollution. 

Many things will be inter-connected electronically in the next decade and as the 4th Industrial Revolution takes over most businesses experts are currently predicting that more than 50% of commercial business will be at least partially run by IoT by early 2020s.

The era of the Internet of Things is entering our society. This process will have both some positives and negatives for the future of security. 

Alongside this change, another emerging technology called Blockchain is becoming important. Cybersecurity platforms running on Blockchain technology will secure devices and appliances using digital technology. 

Analysts say that big international corporatitions are in the process  changing the way they work by connecting the Internet of Things (IoT) to the decentralised data market and will use Blockchain as the way forward. 

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