Connectivity has moved far beyond the confines of computers and smartphones.
It’s a potential feature of any conceivable device, and is expected to be embedded in 8 billion new products by 2020, along with the digital sensors and microprocessors that make up the fabric of the internet of things (IoT).
While the IoT, predicted to soon become a trillion-dollar industry, is front of mind for many an innovative enterprise, it has arguably only just reached the public consciousness – and generally this understanding is through the existence of smart devices in the home.
Keen to explore the internet of things as more than just a flow of information between devices, the graphic below seeks to highlight how this digital ‘nervous system’ is fundamentally about interactions between people, systems and machines – providing new networks of data to drive the next generation of products and services.
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