November 2016
Beginner
312 pages
16h 2m
English
*Wilkinson is Chair and Professor of the Department of Communication, University of Toledo; Pletcher is Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Introduction
The Internet of things (IoT) refers to the developing connection of objects and devices through computer-based networks. According to Cisco, there were around 500 million networked objects in 2003, compared to 6 billion people worldwide. IoT was officially “born” around 2008-2009 when the ratio of objects-to-people became equal (Evans, 2011). Gartner predicts that by 2020, 25 billion connected items from refrigerators to jet engines will be operating ...