Coming of Age:
The Internet of Things

Jamie Skella 2017 linkedin.com/in/jamieskella · skella.com.au

1999: "Internet of Things" is coined.

2020: 30+ billion connected devices (200+ if you consider enterprise).

A $3500 Kryotech SuperG from 2000 beside a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero from 2015, both 1GHz machines.
The MagPi magazine cover giving away a free Raspberry Pi Zero.
A Lockitron smart door lock.
An Amazon Echo smart speaker.
A Roost smart smoke-alarm battery.
Gartner Emerging Technology Hype Cycle chart.
A smart egg tray that tracks how many eggs remain.
Hidrate smart water bottles and companion app.
A First Response connected pregnancy test.
Infographic of the Australian Internet of Things home market, worth $289M in 2015 and $3.2BN by 2019.
Infographic of IoT adoption across sectors, manufacturing, health care, retail, security and transportation.
Table of global broadband adoption by country and region.

From IoT to Internet of Everything:
Invisible, dynamic, ubiquitous…

A small white smart sensor device.
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Automated admin and operations
  • Indoor navigation
  • Emergency response and routing
  • Accessibility for impaired and disabled
The Mona Lisa beside a phone showing the same painting, art meeting augmented reality.
A row of digital out-of-home advertising displays.
Diagram of an ad platform pushing a Nike offer to a phone through a digital screen and bluetooth.
A hand holding a phone showing a food recommendation app.
Virtual Warsaw, a phone app guiding vision-impaired users around the city.
The Columbus, Georgia Safe City program shown on a phone.
A transit companion app showing a live map and arrivals.
An illustrated tram with a speech bubble. Subway platforms that talk. This is Town Hall Station, your stop is next.
The tram illustration relaying that a vision-impaired Embark user has requested assistance on the platform.

Skip the trough.

Redesign the world.

Jamie Skella linkedin.com/in/jamieskella · skella.com.au
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