Would you believe it all started in…
1926:
Nikola Tesla
(inventor, engineer, and futurist)
“When wireless is perfectly applied the whole
earth will converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being
particles of a real and rhythmic whole…..and the instruments through which we
shall be able to do this will be amazingly simple compared with our present
telephone. A man will be able to carry
on in his vest pocket.”
1966:
Karl Steinbuch (German computer science pioneer)
“In a few decades time, computers will be
interwoven into almost every industrial product”
Then comes the Internet…
1984:
Domain Name System is introduced
1989:
Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
1990:
John Romkey created the first Internet ‘device’, a
toaster that could be turned on and off by the internet. 1991:
The first web page was created by Tim Berners-Lee
1995:
The Internet goes commercial with Amazon and Echobay
(Ebay)
Internet of Things…
1999:
The term
Internet of Things is coined by Kevin Ashton (executive director of the Auto-ID
Center)
2003-2004:
-The
term is mentioned in main-stream publications.
-RFID
is deployed on a massive scale by the US Department of Defense and Wal-Mart in
the commercial world.
2005:
Nabaztag (small
Wi-Fi enabled rabbit) was originally manufactured by the company Violet.
2008:
The Internet of Things was “Born” – This is the point
in time when more things or objects were connected to the Internet than
people. This was due to the growth of
smartphones, tablets, etc. For the first
time there was more than 1 connected device per person.
