It allows to connect objects with the internet, expanding their functions and offers the possibility of facilitating activities for people, thus turning them into smart objects.

The internet for a few years belongs to people, we browse, search and interact, but now we also share it with objects, such as whom many of us consider our faithful companion, the cell phone.

loT is a new technology that allows objects to work and complement each other with the internet, becoming more efficient, like “Alexa”, a virtual assistant developed by Amazon.

Did you know that, the first person to use the expression of the internet of things was Kevin Ashton, an expert in the transmission of data by radio frequency and wireless sensors 20 years ago?

According to Intel in 2006 there were 2 billion autonomous connections ready to be integrated into the new society of the Internet of Things for the whole world and it is estimated that by the end of this year, more than 200 billion objects will be connected to the Internet.

Currently Mexico has more than 8 million objects connected with IoT. The first sectors to incorporate this new modality were the government and industrial sectors, implementing interactive screens, vending machines, security systems that connect objects to our cell phones through the internet, among other machines, obtaining better control, efficiency and results.

In the business sector at least 75% of companies already use or research it, 95% of the executives who research it think that in the next 3 years their company will use the internet of things.

The Iot extends the frontiers of communication, improves our environments and makes our lives easier, reducing the time we have to devote to daily activities of the day to day, helping us to make decisions and will be a great support for the challenges that the world poses. changing.

Among all the advantages that the IoT offers us, there is a price, the personal data that smart objects collect.

"The Internet of Things is not limited to connected objects, but encompasses the possibilities to improve the quality of life derived from these new connections"