IoT opportunities in photonics

I was invited to speak on entrepreneurship at the 2016 IEEE Tech Industry Summit on the Internet of Things (IoT), which reminded me to discuss IoT here to get you thinking about how to apply photonics to bring features to IoT products. IoT is a hot topic because it is going to make an enormous impact on our lives and on the economy. As defined in Wikipedia, IoT is the network of physical devices—vehicles, buildings, wearables, and machinery. It is any item embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity.