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IoT is the most recent stage in the evolution of the internet: from Internet of Content, through Internet of Services (Web 2.0), to IoT:

Figure 1.1 – Evolution of the internet: from social to machine-to-machine

In the last five years, IoT has reached widespread diffusion and a high level of maturity; with over 15 billion devices installed, the IoT has entered our homes, offices, and industries.

This is because the IoT is more than just a new technology that impacts a restricted range of people or a specific market. It can be better understood as a set of technologies that impacts us all, and will change markets, even creating new ones. The IoT is changing our lives, feelings, and perceptions of the physical world daily, by modifying how we interact with it. The development of the IoT is a crucial moment in the history of humanity because it is changing our mindset, culture, and way of living.

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