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C. BellBeginning IoT Projectshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7234-3_1

1. Introduction to the Internet of Things

Charles Bell1  
(1)
Warsaw, VA, USA
 

Much has been written about the Internet of Things (IoT). Some sources are more about promoting IoT as their latest innovation (that costs more money); other sources seem to suggest IoT is something everyone needs or be left behind in the dust of antiquity.

Fortunately, books and similar media avoid the sales pitch to expand on the science and technology for implementing and managing the data for IoT, while other texts concentrate on the future or the inevitable evolution of our society as we become more connected to the world around us each and every day. However, you need not dive ...

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