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The tag itself is passive, however it contains a unique identifier which enables a user to access digital content about the product via a smartphone. Strictly speaking, such passive items are not part of the Internet of Thing but they can be seen as enablers of digital interactions. The term "Internet of Packaging" has been coined to describe applications in which unique identifiers are used, to automate supply chains, and are scanned on large scale by consumers to access digital content. Authentication of the unique identifiers, and thereby of the product itself, is possible via a copy-sensitive digital watermark or copy detection pattern for scanning when scanning a QR code, while NFC tags can encrypt communication.

IoT can also make use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to aid in making data collecting processes easier and more dynamic. Google Glass is essentially a small, lightweight computer that is worn like a pair of eyeglasses for hands-free work. The information is presented within the “lenses” of the glasses, which can access a variety of Internet applications, including Google Maps and Gmail. In industrial settings, workers often use them to pull up blueprints or product specifications.

Traditional fields of embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, control systems, automation , and others all contribute to enabling the Internet of things. With regard to business, the IoT provide several important benefits including the ability to access and analyse data, removing the need to external data analysts or market researchers. The IoT is able to cope with big data analytics in real time, demonstrating how products and services are performing in the real world, and creating a situation where improvements can be made rapidly. This data also opens up a better understanding of customer behaviours so that businesses can meet their needs while also reducing operating costs by managing energy usage and resources. Finally, the Internet of Things can enable remote working by collating and sharing data with employees regardless of where they are based.

The round-trip time for sending data, processing it, analyzing it and returning instructions can take too long. In such cases edge-computing can come into play, where a smart edge device can aggregate data, analyze it and fashion responses if necessary, all within relatively close physical distance, thereby reducing delay. Edge devices also have upstream connectivity for sending data to be further processed and stored. A world of omnipresent connected devices and sensors is one of the oldest tropes of science fiction. But the term Internet of Things was coined in 1999 by British technologist Kevin Ashton.

This can cause a propagation delay that affects network performance and may affect proper function. As a result, many network architectures limit the number of repeaters used in a network, e.g., the Ethernet rule. For example, Akamai Technologies manages an overlay network that provides reliable, efficient content delivery .

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