[Over the past century electricity has allowed consumers and businesses at least in the rich world, access to a fundamental, universally useful good—energy when and where they needed it. The iot aims to do for information what electricity did for energy.](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3711/IoT%2Bcomputing.pdf)
## [The Electricity Metaphor for the Web's Future | Jeff Bezos ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3xCAnoZpFA&feature=youtu.be) in 2003
## information connectivity
## wireless charging
[No-pad wireless charging tech comes closer with regulatory approval](https://www.cnet.com/news/no-pad-wireless-charging-tech-comes-closer-with-regulatory-approval/)
> The FCC gives a limited OK to Ossia's radio-beamed power -- for business uses.
## edge computing
## Industrial IoT
[Five Lingering Misperceptions About the Industrial IoT](https://community.plm.automation.siemens.com/t5/MindSphere-Blog/Five-Lingering-Misperceptions-About-the-Industrial-IoT/ba-p/585669)
[SoftBank-backed IoT company Uhuru](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/uhuru#section-company-tech-stack-by-siftery) to seek London IPO
[Japanese technology start-up will issue formal intention to float on AIM in September](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3637/SoftBank-backed%2BIoT%2Bcompany%2BUhuru%2Bto%2Bseek%2BLondon%2BIPO%2B_%2BFinancial%2BTimes.pdf)
## Geopolitics everywhere
[Huawei founder predicts internet of things is next US battle](https://www.ft.com/content/716181ce-9bd8-11e9-9c06-a4640c9feebb)
> Chinese company aims to corner global market through writing industry’s standards