A big neon sign that says "I am on the Internet of Things" that would flash every time it gets an ICMP ping and do nothing else. This would capture nicely the essence and general usefulness of an average IoT device :)
I led a project to connect my company's products (large, instrumentation devices) to the 'net a few years ago to improve serviceability, tell us when things are wrong, let customers order supplies, etc. It was a big success and I've been following the field for a while. Subscribed to the appropriate magazines, follow industry trends, get asked IoT questions from LinkedIn, etc.
I still don't see much purpose for consumer devices to be connected. Big industrial machinery: sure. Obvious benefits there. But my fridge being out of something? My oven timer went off? Why?
I led a project to connect my company's products (large, instrumentation devices) to the 'net a few years ago to improve serviceability, tell us when things are wrong, let customers order supplies, etc. It was a big success and I've been following the field for a while. Subscribed to the appropriate magazines, follow industry trends, get asked IoT questions from LinkedIn, etc.
I still don't see much purpose for consumer devices to be connected. Big industrial machinery: sure. Obvious benefits there. But my fridge being out of something? My oven timer went off? Why?