IoT guide
An independent plain-language guide to connected devices: smart homes, cities, farms, factories, health, security and where IoT is heading.
Featured guides
Each one links on to more specific articles in its topic.
Start here · Essential guide
A step-by-step guide to planning, setting up and locking down a connected home, from choosing devices to putting them on their own separate network.
How city-scale sensors for lighting, waste, water and traffic can support sustainability goals, and what cities should weigh before connecting everything.
A plain overview of how wearables, bedside sensors and home devices let clinicians track patients remotely, what they do well, and where they fall short.
A plain overview of how soil, weather and livestock sensors help farmers target water, feed and treatment, and where the limits of the technology lie.
How metering, sensors and automated controls help homes and workplaces find and cut wasted energy, and where the savings are realistic and where they are not.
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Connected devices in homes, cities, health and schools.
Farms, energy, factories, logistics and retail.
Security, AI, data and where IoT is heading.
The sensors, networks, power and data systems underneath every connected device.