The Internet of Things

Synthetic and comprehensive definition of The Internet of Things:

#‎IoT‬ paradigm = sensors + network + actuators + local and cloud intelligence + creative UI

(Read the full article: #IoTH: The Internet of Things and Humans)

The most interesting aspect is the concept of “intelligence”. In the near future, the AI (Artificial Intelligence) will be pervasive, not only applied to a restricted group of highly specialized applications.
The current devices, despite the name "smart" (SamartTV, Smartphones, SmartWatch etc.), are quite stupid. They are only capable of handling complex input and output (speech recognizers and synthesizers, 3D, NFC, DLNA, BigData searches), but almost incapable of understanding meanings, taking decisions and learning.
In the near future I expect a widespread diffusion of the artificial intelligence in the daily life; each device will be able not only to receive inputs, explicitly (I press the button) and implicitly (I leave the home), but also to take appropriate decisions.
In my opinion, the next developments in the computer science will be the artificial intelligence, logic and algorithm engineering.