"An updated version of Greengard's The Internet of Things (2015), which offers a more holistic look at the Internet of Things: tracing the origins of connected devices, examining the current state of research and development, offering examples and case studies of devices, and examining how the IoT will play out in the months and years ahead"--

Series Foreword
Introduction
1 The Internet of Things Changes Everything
2 Digital Technologies Converge
3 How the IoT Works
4 Consumer Devices Get Smart
5 The Fourth Industrial Revolution Emerges
6 Realities and Repercussions
7 A Connected Future Takes Shape
Acknowledgments 
Glossary
Notes
Further Readings
Index

Samuel Greengard is a business and technology writer whose work has appeared in Wired, Entrepreneur, AARP: The Magazine, and other publications. He is the author of Virtual Reality, another volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, and Finding the Work You Love.