ReadWriteWeb is one of my favorite sources for keeping up with this ecosystem of information flow called the internet. Intive’s algorithmic method not only has applications for mobile phones, it may be used for any device with a sensor, and eventually could become essential for the Internet of Things.

ReadWriteWeb’s Top 5 Web Trends of 2009:

1. Structured Data
2. The Real-Time Web
3. Personalization
4. Mobile Web & Augmented Reality
5. Internet of Things

The Internet of Things is a network of Internet-enabled objects, together with web services that interact with these objects. Underlying the Internet of Things are technologies such as RFID (radio frequency identification), sensors, and smartphones.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_5_web_trends_of_2009_internet_of_things.php

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things

The Internet of Things: Executive Summary

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/internetofthings/InternetofThings_summary.pdf

The Internet of Things in 2020:

http://old.smart-systems-integration.org/internet-of-things/Internet-of-Things_in_2020_EC-EPoSS_Workshop_Report_2008_v3.pdf

The Internet of Things Council: Council Mission:

We believe the “winning solution” to making the most open, inclusive and innovative Internet of Things is to transcend the short-term opposition between social innovation and security by finding a way to combine these two necessities in a broader common perspective.

http://www.theinternetofthings.eu/what-we-want

Technology Roadmap: The Internet of Things:

http://www.dni.gov/nic/PDF_GIF_confreports/disruptivetech/appendix_F.pdf

What Can the Internet of Things Do For the Citizen?

http://www.autoidlabs.org/events/ciot2010

Future Internet Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUVIE-t_Y1c

Ubiquitous Computing (2009), John Krumm:

http://books.google.com/books?id=RCxZl4PCXwAC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Issues with RFID usage in Ubiquitous Computing Applications:

http://www.vs.inf.ethz.ch/res/papers/RFIDIssues.pdf

The Internet of Things and Mobile Devices:

The recent Australian bush fires were tragic. But it also made me think of a technology that could have perhaps predicted or at least alleviated this tragedy. Technologies like Smartdust and RFID (Radio-frequency identification) could play a role in predicting and detecting risks such as fire or other natural tragedies. In doing so, they have the potential to make a significant difference to our lives. Human beings have always sought to influence their environment – be it the course of rivers or the spread of fires. Intelligent objects have the potential to create an environment where technology becomes ubiquitous and seamless. Intelligence i.e. the technology itself, disappears into the background and creates a world that adapts itself to humans through sensors (call it RFID, Smart dust etc). These technologies are collectively called the Internet of things. The Internet of Things links the physical world of goods and items with the virtual World.

http://opengardensblog.futuretext.com/archives/2009/02/the_internet_of.html

PANEL on Electronic Textiles:
http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~sld/talks/radu_20mins.pdf

Mobile Learning and the Internet of Things:

http://elearningroadtrip.typepad.com/elearning_roadtrip/2009/02/mobile-learning-at-last.html