Podcast: How the internet of things came to be

Did you know that Cisco’s John Chambers helped inspire the naming behind IoT? Learn that and more this week as I interview Kevin Ashton, the man who coined the term “Internet of Things”.

The author of How to Fly a Horse, joins me to talk about the beginnings of IoT, his optimism about the future and how the world he imagined back in the late 90s measures up to today.

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