‘And how will all these products manage to talk to each other?’ ‘The ‘language’ will be based on a type of protocol, similar to the built-in formula that enables our mobile phones to talk using WiFi, ISA100, ZigBee or BlueTooth.’
‘But will everything really be able to talk to everything else? Or will equipment in the energy sector only be able to talk to other energy-related equipment? Will devices in the health service be able to communicate internally, and so on? In other words, is IoT more of a concept than something that can become a reality?’
The Internet of things: Smart houses, smart traffic, smart health
Open source it. Let my frig talk to my keychain. Let my alarm clock talk to my HVAC unit.
Barbara K Iverson 