The Internet of Things literally refers to things online rather than people. Nowadays, an electronic device – for instance, a smoke detector or even a light bulb – could have a microprocessor in it. However, something you don’t even think is electronic could be – a pill bottle, for instance, or a pair of glasses might have an embedded microcomputer that can link to the internet. Your glasses might broadcast information about you to an internet entity.<\/p>\n
\nOf course, the concept that humans aren’t even involved in some data collecting and processing lurks at the fringe of the universe of endless devices – many unknown – in constant communication. Deep in the web, artificially intelligent entities may analyze humans and make plans for them, facilitated by the Internet of Things. Who would ever know?<\/p>\n
\nHow many other devices find out when a householder makes a pot of coffee?<\/p>\n
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