A well-known example of a practical application of the Internet of Things is that of the Smart Thermostat. It uses sensors to see if it is useful to increase the temperature by checking if someone is in the house. When this device is connected to the internet, it can use the weather forecast and humidity to check the strength at which the heating should be raised. The thermostat can do all this without the intervention of a person. Another example is that of lampposts that switch on automatically when someone approaches. And not with a motion sensor, but hundreds of meters in advance because people do not like it when it suddenly becomes lighter.

Or think, for example, of cows where all kinds of things are measured to increase milk production. Sensors help devices to become smart, such as, for example, placing a heart rate monitor in a smartwatch allows the user to monitor their health. This also provides a lot of data from which information can be retrieved. Major players such as Apple and Google also see the potential of IoT, and are also marketing their own products for this. All in all, IoT is the next step where we are going, with one goal central: to increase the convenience of the end user.