The “Things” in the Internet of Things (IoT) | IoT For All
The “things” that make up the emerging “Internet of Things” range from tractors to thermostats to shipping containers. The internet changed the world when we brought computers online and then again with the dawn of smartphones. Imagine what’s possible when the other 99 percent of objects that pervade our everyday life are connected?
Here’s your answer: the “things” in the Internet of Things can be anything from farming equipment (a tractor, an irrigation system, a drone) to the thermostat on your wall, to your “connected car,” to a freight container with a connected temperature sensor within it that sends data to a logistics coordinator.