Rolls Royce, for example, is using IoT-connected airplane engines to report back performance data on the fly. This is a good thing, because the 'smarter' you make these objects, the more information we can glean from them to ward off issues and optimize their use. So much so that by 2025 some analysts predict that there will be as many as 31 billion connected devices worldwide. These objects are being equipped with sensors and then connected back to networks, databases and communication systems. These are elevators, engines, machinery, trucks, phones, sprinkler systems, inventory and, yes, even fish-tank thermometers. And no, I'm not talking about members of Congress. Maybe you've heard of IoT, but in case you haven't it's easily explained.
