A ‘thing’ can be a human with a wireless heart monitor, livestock with biochip transponders, or even an automobile that can alert its driver when the tire pressure is low. In short, a ‘thing’ can be anything that can be measured with a sensor, given a unique IP address, and transmitted via wire or wirelessly. Machine-to-Machine Transmissions Most Common Most of the internet of things at this point today is comprised of machines.
speaking with other machines. Often this is referred to as M2M for short. For instance, many machines used in the manufacturing, power production, and oil and gas utilities already transmit data between each other in order to provide time-sensitive information that is central to their operation.
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