Macroscope | Technology’s biggest challenge is how to connect with people
The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) will extend the sphere of IT even further into everyday life
The word “technology” leaves many people cold, but its pervasive presence in daily life is only going to make it even more important.
Individuals, businesses, governments and countries are completely dependent on information technology to drive greater productivity and efficiencies.
The challenge for the information technology industry is how to make this dependence more enjoyable and intuitive for users to access content and applications.
This is imperative because in 2015, the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) will extend the sphere of IT even further into everyday life. The premise for IoT is that devices of any nature can now be interconnected and used to communicate with each other or with humans in real-time, enabling a raft of new possibilities around data, new ways of interacting and new services.
IoT will be big in 2015, with research firm Gartner predicting 4.9 billion “connected things” to be in use, up 30 per cent from 2014.
Every possible device imaginable is being connected in some way, from Bluetooth-enabled toothbrushes to medical devices, cameras, printers and of course the many wearables that are hitting the market. The reality of a hyper-connected world is here today.