This document discusses the rise of data from sensors and connected devices, also known as the Internet of Things. It notes that IoT technologies will add $285 billion in value to the healthcare sector by 2020. The document presents examples of "biohackers" who experiment with human augmentation as well as use cases for predicting heart failure using historical patient data. It also outlines some of the tools that can be used to work with IoT and big data, including MQTT, Cloudant Sync, and JDBC/BigSQL. Finally, it provides additional resources and recommendations for further learning.