Why the IoT Needs Artificial Intelligence to Succeed - insideBIGDATA

At its core, the Internet of Things is about sensors embedded into devices of all kinds, which provide streams of data via internet connectivity to one or more central locations. The purposes for transmitting sensor data are myriad, but the assumption in all cases is that that data can then be analyzed and acted upon in some way that is beneficial to the user. If I ask myself how the IoT came to be, the shortest answer I can provide is that good'ol Moore's Law made the first three steps in this chain (Sense, Transmit, and Store) ubiquitous and commoditizable. The hardware, software, and connectivity required to perform these steps has become very small, very cheap, very efficient, and very broadly available. When we hit the point of critical mass a few years back when all of those "verys" became applicable qualifiers, the IoT was born.