HQSoftware Shares the Major Events in the History of IoT | Benzinga
1989. Tim Burners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web – an informational space accessible via the Internet. 1990. At the annual UBM exhibition, the first-ever IoT-like device was introduced. It was a toaster connected to a computer. 1997. The first symposium on wearable computers was held. The topics of discussion were wearables performance parameters, communication capabilities and other. 1999. At the presentation for Procter and Gamble, Kevin Ashton introduced the term “Internet of Things” that we all use now. 2000. “Internet of things” term became popular and started to appear in magazines, expo speeches and so on. 2008. The first international conference on IoT took place in Switzerland. The authors from 23 countries participated to discuss IoT development, sensor networks and other topics.