After more than a decade of debate, discussion and anticipation, the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) is finally emerging. As early as 2005, the ITU noted that the development of the Internet of Things as a function of our hyperconnected world encompassed a set of technological advances from different fields — specifically, wireless and mobile connectivity, nanotechnology, radio-frequency identification (RFID) and smart sensor technologies. Advances in these technologies, when combined, could help realize a miniaturized, embedded, automated Internet of connected devices communicating regularly and relatively effortlessly.