For Good Measure: Implications of IoT

Everybody is predicting great things, within varying interpretations of the word “great,” for the Internet of Things. You are doubtless tired of hearing that. As good an answer as any to the question “When was the IoT born?” is when the number of connected devices exceeded the number of humans, while as good an answer as any to the question “What is a thing?” is any data-handling entity that cannot be found in contempt of court.