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<\/a><\/p>\nLook at it this way; there are so many devices around the world now.\u00a0 Every smartphone, desktop, laptop and even watches<\/a>\u00a0(Click to Read about Smartwatches) can all connect to the internet via your mobile network or your home WiFi. So, what if we could connect every single electrical device to the internet? They would be able to actually talk to each other and share valuable information. I am not just talking about your TV, or watch. I am talking your electrical toothbrush, your air conditioning unit, your sewing machine, even your clothes!<\/p>\n How does that benefit anybody do I hear you ask? Well imagine your alarm clock wakes you up and sends information to your heater to start heating your bathing water or make you a nice lukewarm bath, just like you like it. After your bath, the bathtub sends information to your cooker that you have left the bathroom so that it gets the stoves ready for you will soon be making breakfast. After breakfast your house alarm sends information to your car to meet you in front of the house because you are about to leave the house for work. Should I go on? I am sure you get the gist of it already. Even though it sounds like a scene from Bill Gates house in a Marvel studios movie, but today the groundwork for this system is already building up.<\/p>\n If you think like me, I know you are asking\u00a0“what about security?”. You might be thinking \u201cI will now\u00a0be getting SPAM in my car, or even my toaster is going to be hacked!\u201d Well all these issues are being looked into and the whole concept of IoT (Internet of Things) won\u2019t be put in place unless the technological giants pushing the idea have come together to iron out any problems<\/p>\n Even though it is an idea that sounds absurd to us today, I am certain the benefits of IoT will be far greater than the issues it brings. And it will help us interact with our environment even more than we can today. We might be putting on more pounds though- and I don’t mean money- as we would all be doing far less!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe internet of Things\u201d is everywhere. Well it is going to be everywhere, literally. It is becoming a topic everyone is talking about. Do you care about what it means? Well you should, because it is pushed to be what will take over our lives as we know it. The topic is very technical, and … Continue reading The Internet Is Set To Cast More Webs!!!<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n