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A ‘technology sandbox’

What is the Internet of Things? If you have a “smart” thermostat made by Nest, you’re already part of it. The Internet of Things IoT connects uniquely identifiable devices to the Internet. A networked smart appliance can text you if things are out of the ordinary, track usage and accept programming changes sent from a smartphone. Leveraging new tools that live on the Internet, objects that had seemed fixed in form are being reimagined all around us.