17:50 Friday 28th June 2013
Drive BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: Over 300 of the world’s leading internet experts are gathering in Cambridge next week to try and work out the future of connected devices. The concept of the so-called Internet of Things in theory brings billions of devices together, but the question for the 5th Future of Wireless International Conference is how to use the data and the content that’s generated. Professor William Webb helps run the not-for-profit industry forum, Cambridge Wireless, and he explained more to me. (TAPE)
WILLIAM WEBB: The concept here is we’re more used to being able to communicate as individuals, but we are heading towards a world where lots of our devices will start to communicate all by themselves. And this is sometimes called machine communications, or the Internet of Things. And those could be devices like washing machines or smart meters. or a cat collar that’s helping us track our cat down. And this is an area that’s predicted to grow enormously over the next decade, with perhaps billions of these connected devices emerging. And the conference is trying to frame that whole area really.
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