The Internet of Things: the term that was coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton, has become one of the most promising door openers of the decade. Although we had an IoT precursor in the form of M2M and instrumentation control for industrial automation, the way IoT and the era of connected smart devices has arrived, is something that has never happened before. The following figure will give you a birds–eye view of the vastness and variety of the reach of IoT applications:
We are all surrounded by devices that are smart and connected; they have the ability to sense, process, transmit, and even act, based on their processing. ...
