This week I'm at the inaugural Internet of Things World Forum, hosted by Cisco. To give you a sense of what was discussed in just one day, I thought I'd capture some of the more interesting tweets and stats. Below the tweets is a fun short video where I interviewed SAP's Benjamin Wesson and with Cisco's Monique Morrow!
One - New IoT Division at Cisco!
#IoTWF#IoT Cisco launches Internet of things division, eyes standardization. http://t.co/hTxRs31tWb
- Dave Evans (@DaveTheFuturist) October 29, 2013
Two -Billions of people yet to be connected
"We still have 2 billion people on this planet that aren't connected to anything." -Wim Elfrink at#IoTWF
- wjarrettc (@wjarrettc) October 29, 2013
Three -Years until wearables worth$10B
In less than 3 years, wearable smart electronics will be a$10 billion industry @Gartner_inc @Cisco#IoTWF#IoT - SAP IoT (@SAP_IoT) October 29, 2013
Four -Years in your life spent looking for parking -in Paris!
Wim Elfrink: "Every citizen of Paris spends four years of his life finding a parking place"#IoTWF
- Old Dog (@LlanOldDog) October 29, 2013
Five -How many millions of apps we'll need for 50B connected things?
@thingworx at#IoTWF. 5 million apps needed to address 50 billion connected devices - Steve Hilton (@SteveHilton) October 29, 2013
Six -Key IoT verticals to know & grow
Six key#iotwf verticals pic.twitter.com/T0xykE0mp5 - ZeeMan (@zkerravala) October 29, 2013
Seven -A fun quote!
The Lord was able to create the world in 7 days because there was no install base -Wim Elfrink @cisco_iot#iotwf - marissa (@marissa) October 29, 2013
Eight -How many hundreds of people attended#IoTWF?
800 attendees at the world's first World Forum on the Internet of Things in Barcelona#IoTWF
- Lev Gonick (@levgonick) October 29, 2013
Nine? -No one tweeted nine anything! Ten -How many dollars you'd need to pay for the services of a smart toilet (yuck!)
10 dollars a month will get you a smart toilet that will give you nutritional advice Wim Elfrink @cisco_iot#iotwf - Maria Shiao (@mariashiao) October 29, 2013
Fifty -Billion devices expected by 2020!
The number of connected objects by 2020 just went up from 30 million to 50 million, between two presentations. That's inflation.#IoTWF
- Jon Collins (@jonno) October 29, 2013
One Hundred to Fifteen Thousand -Comparing the numbers of movies to apps released each week!
100 movies, 250 books and 15000 apps are released PER WEEK.#iotwf
- Jurgen Anke (@JuergenAnke) October 29, 2013
And now... two interviews I found fascinating. You'll see water pumps in a new light and hear the pearls of wisdom from Monique! I hope you enjoy:
Were you following or at the IoT World Forum? What have you learned so far? What did you find interesting or amazing?