[dreamdu5t]

Yes and no.

- Increasingly computerized and automated devices are the future, but they won't necessarily be part of the Web or even the Internet.

- IoT is typically thought of as a consumer trend, but it will largely consist of business process automation - not connecting toasters to iphones.

Internet security and trust are so fundamentally broken that the vending machine will notify the company automatically, but it will do so using a propriety network or SaaS, not by communicating using standard open APIs on the web.

The majority of devices aren't consumer devices. There are very few consumer things to be part of an Internet, yet every industry typically employs many machines and devices working together as part of a larger process. The only devices I even use in apartment are my fridge and stove. Everybody is looking at all the consumer possibilities with IoT but its really a B2B phenomenon.