http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/the_internet_of_things

http://www.grifs-project.eu/data/File/CERP-IoT%20SRA_IoT_v11.pdf

http://www.fiercemobileit.com/story/brief-history-internet-things/2014-07-23

IEEE 802.15 -- specifications for standard low-power wireless local area networks (2002) using IP6

http://zigbee.org/

http://m2m.com/welcome

https://hbr.org/2014/11/setting-standards-for-the-internet-of-things

• UART -- Universal Automatic Receive and Transmit
• NFC "near field communications" (wireless)
• RFID "radio frequency identification"
• Bluetooth (short and midrange wireless)
• Wi-Fi IEEE 820.11 wireless lcal area networks
• 6LoWPAN (IP6 low power wireless)