For more than 50 years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been the stuff of science fiction and technical research. Our great grandfathers read Dick Tracy comics featuring his two-way radio watch in the 1940s, and in 1989, researchers demonstrated a toaster that could be turned on and off via a TCP/IP network.
If you want to work in the IoT field, learning cloud technologies is a great way to get started. Every IoT application is cloud-based, which means you should be well-versed in networking and security.
A networked Coke machine, arguably the first IoT device, was created in the 1980s by computer science students at Carnegie Mellon University. They created a processor board that could detect when a Coca-Cola bottle was purchased as well as when the last Coca-Cola bottle in any of the machine’s dispensing columns was purchased.
How is IoT used in everyday life?
The consumer sector is also seeing an increase in the use of IoT. Dishwashers, refrigerators, smart TVs, smart watches, automobiles and trucks, heating and cooling systems, fitness machines, and trackers are examples of IoT-enabled products with which you may be familiar!