How the next stage of the Internet's evolution will connect humans and machines - New York Post | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
From nypost.com - March 23, 2015 2:40 PM

The Internet of Things is enabled by several factors, including the rise of cloud computing, which makes for easy transfer of digital information and radio-frequency identification — or RFID — which uses microchips to read information from sensors and monitor product use and condition.