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In computing, the Internet of Things refers to a, usually wireless and 
self-configuring, network between objects, such as household appliances.
The idea is as simple as its application is difficult. If all cans, books, shoes 
or parts of cars are equipped with minuscule identifying devices, daily life on 
our planet will undergo a transformation. Things like running out of stock or 
wasted products will no longer exist as we will know exactly what is being 
consumed on the other side of the globe. Theft will be a thing of the past as we 
will know where a product is at all times. The same applies to parcels lost in 
the post.

If all objects of daily life, from yogurt to an airplane, are equipped with 
radio tags, they can be identified and managed by computers in the same way 
humans can. The next generation of Internet applications (IPv6 protocol) would 
be able to identify more objects than IPv4 which is currently in use. This 
system would therefore be able to instantaneously identify any kind of 
object[1].

The Internet of objects should encode 50 to 100,000 billion objects and follow 
the movement of those objects. Every human being is surrounded by 1,000 to 5,000 
objects[2].

References
  ^ Waldner, Jean-Baptiste (2008). Nanocomputers and Swarm Intelligence. ISTE, 
  p227-p231. ISBN 1847040020.  
  ^ Waldner, Jean-Baptiste (2007). Inventer l'Ordinateur du XXIeme Siècle. 
  Hermes Science, p254. ISBN 2746215160.  


See also
  Ambient intelligence 
  Ubiquitous computing 
  Smart dust 

External links
  ITU Internet Reports 2005: The Internet of Things 
  Comments on Jacques ATTALI's chonicle regarding the governance of the 
  EPCGlobal Network (a global approach for the internet of things) 
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