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pcernie
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  | | | | Quote: The UK government will spend an extra £45m on developing so-called "internet of things" technology, David Cameron has announced.
The pledge more than doubles the funds available to UK technology firms working on everyday devices that can communicate over the internet.
The prime minister was speaking at the CeBIT technology trade fair in Germany.
Mr Cameron said the UK and Germany could find themselves on the forefront of a new "industrial revolution".
"I see the internet of things as a huge transformative development - a way of boosting productivity, of keeping us healthier, making transport more efficient, reducing energy needs, tackling climate change," he said.
"Take British ingenuity in software, services and design, add German excellence in engineering and industrial manufacturing and together we can lead in this new revolution."
The extra investment announced at the Hannover event, of which the UK is the official "partner country", will take the total being made available to £73m.
Sir Mark Walport, the government's chief scientific adviser, will now carry out a review into how these new technologies can be best exploited.
Analysts say the internet of things could transform daily life.
It allows devices from heart monitors to kitchen appliances to communicate through wireless internet connections.
US research firm Gartner predicts there will be nearly 26 billion devices connected to the internet of things by 2020. | | | | |
I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. I see the IoT as a load of marketing BS that should people fall for it will enable even creepier intrusion into their lives than at present. The benefits to society at large will be utterly meaningless in comparison and this is just setting the scene. Data theft will have a totally new angle because it'll be 'legal', or seen as not worth worrying about. Christ, straight-up theft via an easy router attack... But hey, call it 'metadata' - Joe Soap won't have a clue about why his insurance premiums are going up! _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Amnesia10
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Yes peoples life insurance climbing because the insurance company has scanned the contents of your fridge will not be popular. I think the politicians are forgetting the privacy scandals that could put paid to this technology. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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big_D
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We can't secure the internet with powerful devices that can run security software and now we want to put underpowered devices with no security on the internet. Count me out; I don't need it and I don't want it.
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timark_uk
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rustybucket
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Am I the only person here who, when he sees the name Gartner, immediately thinks, "Well that'll never happen then"?
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soddit112
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Perhaps they'd be better off researching the probability of us having IPv6 fully implemented by 2020, that might affect this prediction somewhat.
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big_D
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Normally, yes, but the whole industry has been talking about it for a year now. 
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Amnesia10
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paulzolo
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There’s certainly been a lot of chatter from analysts about it.
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soddit112
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Last thing I heard, BT let their IPv6 security certificate expire and nobody noticed for 3 weeks. So not very well I'm guessing.
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Amnesia10
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A tale of fail!  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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pcernie
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Milton Keynes trials city-wide public 'internet of things' http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2 ... gs-network_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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