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Re:Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere by joezydeco on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:57PM (#10314642)
That's kind of the dirty little secret here, right? This technology has been around forever, it only became attractive and fashionable lately because the smartphone revolution has dropped the price of radio hardware to the point where it can be dropped into everything/anything.

So now we face the challenge of groups that want Stuttgart-Siemens-PLC functionality for Shenzen-ESP-IoT pricing. Oh yeah, and let's skip all that service contract nonsense. I mean why am I paying $20/month in service for a chip that costs $1.50?

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Re:Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere by marcosdumay on Thursday October 01, 2015 @05:12PM (#10314763)
Well and in due time, we'll get all that, and standardized interfaces too.

But we'll still lack useful applications for it at home.

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