The technology industry is preparing for the Internet of things, a type of computing characterized by small, often dumb, usually unseen computers attached to objects. These devices sense and transmit data about the environment or offer new means of controlling it. For more than a decade technologists have predicted and argued about the onslaught of these ubiquitous devices. "There is a lot of quibbling about what to call it, but there's little doubt that we're seeing the inklings of a new class of computer," says David Blaauw, who leads a lab at the University of Michigan that makes functioning computers no bigger than a typed letter o.
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机译：技术行业正在为物联网做准备，物联网是一种以小型，通常是哑巴，通常看不见的计算机连接到对象为特征的计算。这些设备可感应和传输有关环境的数据，或提供控制环境的新方法。十多年来，技术人员已经对这些无处不在的设备的冲击进行了预测和争论。密歇根大学（University of Michigan）实验室的负责人戴维·布拉乌（David Blaauw）说：“人们对它的称呼有很多疑问，但是毫无疑问，我们正在看到一类新型计算机的烙印。”大于键入的字母o。
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