Imagine a world where everything can be both analogue and digitally approached; a world where everything is simultaneously connected; yes, indeed a world where you can actually talk to your coffee brewer - not strong enough!
This is the world of IoT; a world where every device has a communicator tag that allows it to talk, interact and learn from any other device with an Internet connection. Any object that carries a tag relates not only to you, but also through being read by a reader nearby, to other objects, relations or values in a database. In this world, you are no longer alone, anywhere.It holds dangers, but it also holds promises.
Currently we can discern two main blocks of thought on IoT. The first is a reactive framework of ideas and thought that sees IoT as a layer of digital connectivity on top of existing infrastructure and things. This position sees IoT as a manageable set of convergent developments on infrastructure, services, applications and governance tools. It is assumed that, as in the transition from mainframe to Internet some business will fail and new ones will emerge, this will happen within the current governance, currency end business models.
The second is a proactive framework of ideas and thought that sees IoT as a severely disruptive convergence that is unmanageable with current tools, as it will change the notion of what data and what noise is from the supply chain on to 'apps'.
What if through the IoT we can create a layer of data, open to all, through which individuals can decide for themselves what they are willing to pay for, to get direct feedback from their voluntary donations, to coordinate community spending that has a direct bearing to their needs, to negotiate with other people in other parts of the world how to use their money? Or just to adjust your coffee machine to make the exact same brew at the office as you get at home? Either or would be a revolution!
Currently we can discern two main blocks of thought on IoT. The first is a reactive framework of ideas and thought that sees IoT as a layer of digital connectivity on top of existing infrastructure and things. This position sees IoT as a manageable set of convergent developments on infrastructure, services, applications and governance tools. It is assumed that, as in the transition from mainframe to Internet some business will fail and new ones will emerge, this will happen within the current governance, currency end business models.
The second is a proactive framework of ideas and thought that sees IoT as a severely disruptive convergence that is unmanageable with current tools, as it will change the notion of what data and what noise is from the supply chain on to 'apps'.
What if through the IoT we can create a layer of data, open to all, through which individuals can decide for themselves what they are willing to pay for, to get direct feedback from their voluntary donations, to coordinate community spending that has a direct bearing to their needs, to negotiate with other people in other parts of the world how to use their money? Or just to adjust your coffee machine to make the exact same brew at the office as you get at home? Either or would be a revolution!
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