Investigations into the Internet of Things (IOT) technology
Introduction
Internet of Things (IOT) refers to the network of physical objects provided with unique identifiers and accessible through the internet (Chaouchi, 2010; McEwen, 2013). The project relates to cloud computing where devices can access internet services from remote servers and remain connected to each other (Vermesan & Friess 2013). The objects can “sense and communicate”-transfer data over a network without human-to-computer or human-to-human interactions (Ning, 2012). Examples of “things” in IOT include a farm animal with a biochip, a car with some sensors that communicate to the owner about low tire pressure, a sensor on a chicken watering trough that alerts a farmer on ...