Internet of Things

• In the “smart home,”these internet-enabled gadgets liberate us
• 1990 - John Romkey creates the first IoT device: a toaster

  that he controls with his computer.
• Who creates the first IoT device? a toaster

  John Romkey
• 1999 - Kevin Ashton coins the term “internet of things” to

  describe the eyes and ears of a computer.
• who coins the term Internet of Things?

  Kevin Ashton
• 2000 - LG introduces its first connected refrigerator with a

  $20,000 price tag
• Who introduces the first connected refrigerator?

  LG
• 2008 - The world’s first IoT conference is held in Zurich,

  Switzerland
• first IoT conference was held in Switzerland
• 2010 - Tony Fadell founds Nest, maker of the smart

  thermostat
• who is the maker of the thermostat?

  Tony Fadell
• 2013 - Oxford Dictionary adds the term “internet of things”
• 2016 - The Mirai botnet infects over 600,000 IoT devices

  with malware
• 2020 - The number of internet-connected devices, by some

  estimates, exceeds 20 billion
• 20 billion - number of internet-connected devices