But the coolest application that I’ve heard of has the embedded devices in outer space. NASA reports that surfers are using information about sea conditions gathered by satellites and broadcast over the Internet to find the biggest waves.
This kind of story makes a big splash, but is that all we will get? Some people think so. Trend watcher Jason Bloomberg, for example, recently put forward Seven Reasons Why the Internet of Things is Doomed.
There are indeed issues to be resolved, particularly (as Jason points out) with security. These can and will be addressed. The potential of networked devices to change our world is so great that a way will be found.
Read the entire article at http://betanews.com/2014/09/19/the-internet-of-things-chasing-the-waves/.
