According to Cisco, the number of connected objects is expected to reach 50 billion by 2020, equating to 6.58 connected devices per person. They are all controlled by tiny computers that communicate with each other, in an ecosystem commonly known as the “Internet of Things” (IoT).
The IoT has implications for two distinct aspects of journalism – newsgathering and consumption. Smart devices connected to each other can be used to provide better context to a story, such as data on traffic, weather, population density or power consumption.
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