January 27, 2009 by Antonio Ruzzelli | No comments
Lives tangled in growing net
What if everything you owned – from appliances to books – was connected to the internet? Don’t laugh, it’s already happening, writes Sean Dodson.
Most people, if they bother to think about it at all, probably view the internet as an agent of profound change. In the 15 years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, the life of almost everyone in the industrialised world has been touched by it. But just as many of us are coming to grips with its second stage, the mobile internet, very few are prepared – perhaps even aware – of the third and most revolutionary phase: the internet of things.
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