The Internet Things, Samuel Greengard
The Internet Things, Samuel Greengard
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The Internet Things

Author: Samuel Greengard

Narrator: Derek Shetterly

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/01/2015


Synopsis

We turn on the lights in our house from a desk in an office miles away. Our refrigerator alerts us to buy milk on the way home. A package of cookies on the supermarket shelf suggests that we buy it, based on past purchases. The cookies themselves are on the shelf because of a "smart" supply chain. When we get home, the thermostat has already adjusted the temperature so that it's toasty or bracing, whichever we prefer. This is the Internet of Things -- a networked world of connected devices, objects, and people. In this book, Samuel Greengard offers a guided tour through this emerging world and how it will change the way we live and work.

Greengard explains that the Internet of Things (IoT) is still in its early stages. Smart phones, cloud computing, RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology, sensors, and miniaturization are converging to make possible a new generation of embedded and immersive technology. Greengard traces the origins of the IoT from the early days of personal computers and the Internet and examines how it creates the conceptual and practical framework for a connected world. He explores the industrial Internet and machine-to-machine communication, the basis for smart manufacturing and end-to-end supply chain visibility; the growing array of smart consumer devices and services -- from Fitbit fitness wristbands to mobile apps for banking; the practical and technical challenges of building the IoT; and the risks of a connected world, including a widening digital divide and threats to privacy and security. Finally, he considers the long-term impact of the IoT on society, narrating an eye-opening "Day in the Life" of IoT connections circa 2025.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Algirdas on August 27, 2015

All meaningful content of this book could easily fit in a magazine article. To make a book out of it author repeats the same ideas multiple times and adds a lot of simple examples of how we use IoT today and might use it tomorrow. Too much text, too little new ideas.......more

Goodreads review by รพีพัฒน์ on February 18, 2018

รายละเอียดเยอะในส่วนที่ไม่ควรจะเยอะ รู้สึกเหมือนสามารถตัดทอนให้สั้นและน่าอ่านได้มากกว่านี้ บทบรรยาย IoT กลายเป็นเรื่องน่าเบื่อ เพราะดันใส่รายละเอียดคสามหวือหวาของเทคโนโลยีที่สำหรับเด็กรุ่นใหม่ที่เห็นอยู่ทุกเมื่อเชื่อวันรู้สึกว่าจะอธิบายทำไมฟระ เหมาะสำหรับผู้ไม่มี Digital Literacy เพราะเล่มนี้พื้นฐานมา......more

Goodreads review by Malcolm on January 02, 2016

Our phones and tablets, our TVs and increasingly our houses, the fitness bands so many of us wear and GPS systems we patch into when we’re lost, seeking directions or just happen to link up to a new Wi-Fi network; these and so many other things are linking with, to and around us to become the intern......more

Goodreads review by Erika on May 06, 2017

This book felt like a laundry list of potential future designs rather than 'essential knowledge' about IOT. Unfortunately, this book provided far too little useful content and could have easily been a much shorter book. I would have liked to learn more about how devices are pieced together today, th......more