Internet of Things: Connecting the World Around Us
The history of the Internet of Things (IoT) dates back to the early 1980s when researchers at Carnegie Mellon University connected a Coke machine to the internet. The machine was able to report on the number of cans of Coke available in real-time. This was the first instance of a physical object being connected to the internet. However, it wasn't until the early 2000s that the term 'Internet of Things' was coined by Kevin Ashton, co-founder of the Auto-ID Center at MIT.
The concept gained popularity after a presentation by Ashton at Procter & Gamble in 1999, where he spoke about how RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology could be used to improve supply chain efficiency. Since then, IoT has grown exponentially, with billions of devices now connected to the internet.
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