The "Politics" Of IoT (Internet Of Things)

The Politics Of The Internet Of Things 

Dominique Guinard | February 25, 2016

[...] The first hurdle is that of technological standards. We are at a pivotal moment in the development of the IoT. As the diversity of connected things grows, so does the potential risk from not allowing each “thing” to talk to one another.
This begins with networking standards. From ZigBee to Z-Wave, EnOcean, Bluetooth LE or SigFox and LoRa, there are simply too many competing and incompatible networking standards from which to choose. Luckily enough, things seem to be converging and consolidating. [...]

Source: http://www.milkstreetmarketing.com/adventures-in-marketing/internet-of-things/

<more at http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/25/the-politics-of-the-internet-of-things/; related articles and links: http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/06/philip-howard-on-iot-transformation-000099 (Politics won’t know what hit it
The Internet of Things is poised to change democracy itself. June 29, 2015) and http://gridconnect.com/blog/general/the-internet-of-politics/ (The Internet of Politics. August 24, 2015)>