Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Introduction -- 1: The Internet of Things Changes Everything -- A Connected Life -- A Brief Look at How We Got Here -- The New Digital Deal -- Defining the Terms, Understanding the Concept -- A False Sense of Security -- Connecting the IoT Dots -- 2: Digital Technologies Converge -- Tuning into the Global Village -- Mobility is the Foundation for the IoT -- Emerging Digital Tech Defines the IoT -- Things Get Social -- Following the Crowd -- Beyond the Device -- 3: How the IoT Works -- The IoT Meets the Real World -- IoT: The Basics -- The Network is the Thing -- Building a Better Sensor -- It's in the Chips -- A Clearer View through Clouds -- Location Awareness Adds Direction -- Actuators and Controllers Make Things Happen -- Gateways Matter -- Messaging Middleware and Application Protocols Facilitate Connections -- 5G Changes the IoT -- A Need for Standards -- Reliability Is Paramount -- Data = Results -- Putting Data into Context -- The IoT: An Open Frontier -- 4: Consumer Devices Get Smart -- A World without Wires -- High Tech, Low Touch -- The Rise of IoT Platforms -- Home Automation Gets Real -- A Healthy Outlook -- Money Matters -- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles -- A New Era of Shopping Emerges -- Consumers Mean Business -- 5: The Fourth Industrial Revolution Emerges -- A New Model Takes Shape -- A Smarter Enterprise Emerges -- IoT Data Does the Job -- The Role of GPS -- Enhanced Situational Awareness -- Sensor-­Based Decision Analytics -- AI Powers Automation and Controls -- The Network Evolves -- The Fourth Industrial Revolution Rises -- 6: Realities and Repercussions -- The Future Arrives -- Putting Human Factors into Motion -- Smart Systems, Dumb People? -- IoT and the Digital Divide -- A Path to Downward Mobility? -- The Threat of Digital Distraction -- Security and Privacy Concerns Grow.

Cracking Down on Crime and Terrorism -- A New Legal Framework Emerges -- A Digital Military Takes Flight -- Future Tense -- 7: A Connected Future Takes Shape -- A Smarter Framework Appears -- Proceed with Caution -- Forward Thinking -- 2030: A Day in the Life -- Left to Our Devices -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Further Readings -- Index.

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