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The sector of tech loosely called “The Internet of Things” has become a piece of our culture that enables ordinary objects to be connected to the Internet – using sensors and controllers.

This idea of physical objects communicating and interacting with each other online is referred to as the Internet of Things. In a 2009 presentation, SAP Research's Stephan Haller defined the ...