The Internet of Things

Here is a nice 3-part series about the future - the internet of things with gizmos that surround us that can both sense and respond. Location-aware invisible buttons that trigger something based on something else when you 'enter' them, hyper-precise indoor GPS such as iBeacon, anticipatory computing based on your digital life and history such as Google Now, and data mining with sensor fusion to map your reality (both digital and physical). Intrigued? Have a read!

• 2014 is the year of the internet of things—no, seriously, we mean it this time
• How the "internet of things" will replace the web
• Here’s the one thing someone needs to invent before the internet of things can take off