Just the Beginning

The SDS Sigma-7: The first computer to be connected to the Internet.Photo: FastLizard4/Flickr

It is just the beginning as the Internet of Everything, a term coined by Cisco, is apt as innumerable devices, embued with intelligence via software and silicon and connected to the web 24/7, will change everything in terms of how tech works with man, a notion both exhilarating and frightening at the same time when factoring in the inevitable cost/benefit ratios such power like this brings to the table. 

We are rapidly heading into a new era that will not be measured by the number of users, devices, or connections. What is changing the world, profoundly, is the value those connections make possible. When we connected the first 500 million devices to the internet, it seemed to reshape our lives. But now we are on the cusp of a transformation that connects everything to the internet. Highways, buildings, farms, satellites, solar panels, cars, milk cartons, cows…everything.

Getting it right is key as dystopia surely awaits if we lack the ability to control the genie once it's out of the bottle, something Prometheus found out when giving man fire.

In any event, HAPPY NEW YEAR from BRT. :)