4 'Smart' Objects That Have Earned the NameMaybe the future is finally here.

ByMaggie Wiley•Nov 30, 2016

This story appears in the2016年12月issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »

We know, we know -- plenty of "smart" objects out there are pretty dumb. (Parents don't need a sensor-laden diaper to know when their baby needs a change; a baby can sound that alarm on her own.) But the industry is evolving. "The problem isn't deliveringsolutionsas much as discoveringopportunities," says Nick Jones, an industry analyst at Gartner. Sensors, processors and networking chips are now fairly cheap, and the opportunities for thoughtful entrepreneurs are countless. Says Jones: "This space is more limited by imagination than by technology." These four products hint at our smarter future.

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