How long will we have to wait for Internet of Things 4.0 ?

I have not intended to abuse of one more time of a shocking headline in IoT but the fact is that per Gartner s 2016 Hype Curve" the Internet of Things (IoT) had falling into the dreaded Trough of Disillusionment and the Powerful analyst firm decided to not mention IoT anymore in 2017. So it is our responsibility as IoT influencers to continue evangelizing about how the "The Internet of Things will Change our World". In the article "The Internet of Things… Are We There Yet?", Cees Links points out that "The IoT is suffering today from a lack of understanding of its true value proposition and even if we are currently in the Valley of Disillusionment, we should not be distracted. We still have a lot to learn but we are in the middle of shaping a better world for the next generation". But IoT 1.0 is still the one that holds the largest number of devices connected so far. Simple solutions for departmental, very controlled business needs, designed without security as a priority and not easy to integrate and of course with the objective of create new business models. One interesting outgrowth was the emergence of the "IoT engineer" version 1.0. This was an embedded engineer, cloud SW developer, mobile app developer, or networking specialist that has gained knowledge and skills in one or more of the other disciplines within IoT. Scott Nelson and Paul Metaxatos published an article in Harvard Business Review on the importance of design in creating value in the next phase of the Internet of things (IoT). IoT 2.0 was the natural next step in the technology adoption curve and brought in a new wave of IoT-facilitated solutions that still have not demonstrated a higher rate of adoption and return on investment. Many companies have been able to check during the last three years that IoT projects are complex and adoption of the technology can be harder because of the lack of standards, security issues and competitive and fragmented nature of the IoT ecosystem. See below a list of characteristics and judge yourself what still missing to overcome IoT2.0: In Design Elements for the Internet of Things 2.0 you will find some design elements that had been introduced to actually make things intelligent and not just "Smart." But above all, the IoT 2.0 has been a mediatic pulse between IoT Platforms and Artificial Intelligence. New breed of IoT 2.0 engineers, vendors, product managers, developers, analysts,… are stripping the daisy. Take a look at "IoT Generalist vs IoT Specialist, Who will survive to the era of Robots?