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A brief history of how internet of things become a thing - onmywaytoiot
1. A brief history of how
Internet of Things become a thing
"When wireless is perfectly applied
the whole earth will be converted into
a huge brain, which in fact it is, all
things being particles of a real and
rhythmic whole......... the instruments
through which we shall be able to do
this will be amazingly simple
compared with our present
telephone. A man will be able to
carry one in his vest pocket."
Nicola Tesla
2020
The internet was
born
The “internet,” as a
network of
connected devices
in consumer
homes, was
proposed
Multiple
websites and
systems online
iPhone
The smartphone
era was born
IoT a futuristic
concept
First domain
name was
introduced
The first website
online
iPod
was launched
1926 1984 1989 1991 1995 2001 2007 201519741960
15 billion
connected
devices
Cisco
50 billion
connected
devices
Cisco
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