In the near future, billions of pieces of equipment will be connected to one another – everything from the yogurt container that reminds you to eat its contents, to the smart city, where data is collected and analyzed in real time so that traffic flows better, water is supplied more efficiently, and resources are used more economically. By 2020, approximately 50 billion objects will be linked together in the internet. The Internet of Things ( IoT ) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors and connectivity to enable it to achieve greater value and service by exchanging data with the manufacturer, operator and/or other connected devices. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure. A thing , in the Internet of Things, can be a person with a heart monitor implant, a farm animal with a biochip transponder...