What is the purpose of internet connected light bulbs? Is the internet of things a way to spy on people who remove the batteries from their mobile phones or what?
Is it just some excuse to con investors into buying stocks in some insanely valued IPOs?
I don't mean to be negative and I understand the value of information in our economic life, but how much info is required from the internet of things to support our home life of eating, drinking, fornicating, watching TV and going to bed at the end of day?
who keeps all this info and what to they do with it?
I'm pretty sure the intersection of people worried enough to remove the batteries from their cellphones and willing to buy internet-connected lightbulbs is indistinguishable from the null set.
This is why Nest didn't start, like many, with internet controlled colored light bulbs. It's a very lazy product with a small market (namely, people so bored with their life, they want internet controlled colored lightbulbs).
You gotta admit thermostats have a purpose for being connected though. It's nice to have your thermostat know you're coming home or going away, and adjust things accordingly.
Also doors with locks of all kinds. It's very interesting to have your key be your smartphone.
It's also very interesting for thiefs to unlock said doors without physically breaking in, causing noise and so on.
Which means you can sell internet connected home alarms.
When all is said and done, we'll be all "internet of things". Things that do stuff, and things that protect us from the side effects of the first things. The possibilities are endless.
Is it just some excuse to con investors into buying stocks in some insanely valued IPOs?
I don't mean to be negative and I understand the value of information in our economic life, but how much info is required from the internet of things to support our home life of eating, drinking, fornicating, watching TV and going to bed at the end of day?
who keeps all this info and what to they do with it?