We are surrounded by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, roughly 2.5 per human being on our planet. These do smart things like tell us when the package has been delivered to our doorstep (23% of us in the US own video doorbells) or telling us while cooking, for the n-th time, how many ounces is […]
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Technology Transition: From An Inventor’s Toy to Infrastructure
How do some technologies get adopted and go on to become an infrastructure that the “community” depends on? What are some of the hallmarks of technologies that have gone on to widespread adoption and conversely, some that have fallen by the wayside despite technical brilliance. I will do a quick tour through the ages of cell phone, The Internet, and now Internet of Things or IoT.
Distant Whispers from an Academic Engineer's World 