The Silent Intelligence: The Internet of Things Paperback – September 20, 2013

A Book Telling the Forthcoming of the Emergence of Connected ObjectsDate Published: December 17, 2013In December 2013 I met, Daniel Obodovski, one of the authors of the book, The Silent Intelligence - The Internet of Things. He spoke about the subject of his book and I ordered his book a couple days later to gain a better insight to that topic.His co-author is, Daniel Kellmereit, and together they explored what connecting ordinary day items to each other using the Internet might mean to people all over the globe. Their research included interviews of current authors of the same subject and leaders of industries who already are deeply involved with the silent intelligence.They cover a brief history of modern technology in the 20th century and how up until the wireless internet boom, isolated mostly analog objects were not connected nor could we usually communicate with them except perhaps through a proprietary interface attached to the particular object itself.Subsequent chapters deal with the early age of interconnection with some devices conceived by innovative visionaries and those who sought and built emerging markets. Examples of those markets include some that didn't survive their first first exposure to the light and those that are today still pivoting and providing new opportunities.This book helps light the path before us whether we are users, innovators, marketers, or just visionaries mapping out new territories. The Internet of Things for all of us is becoming more of a reality each day.In this 21st century: vehicles; personal portable handheld instruments; our appliances; even behind the scenes monitoring of our health, indeed our very whereabouts may be captured for later analysis. Societies change over time and the Internet of Things accelerates that rate of change. I suggest you purchase this book to see what lies ahead for the rest of us.Book Rating: I gave five stars because the authors captured the essence of the book's subject matter.I liked the Chapters 1 through 6 the best. The remaining Chapter 7 was of less interest to me.I recommend this book to all who use the Internet and look for the sign posts as to what may be coming next.

This book is a good introduction to some of the disruptive technologies for those readers that have not spent time staying current on the progress of driverless cars, artificial general intelligence, smartphone technology, etc. For those readers that are current on these issues there will not be many "oh, wow!" moments in this read. Yes, everyday things have computers built in and those are now being given the ability to communicate to the internet and each other. With the exception of autos and medical monitors, many of these will be as insignificant as my kitchen oven having a digital control on it, I just don't care! I just need to be able to turn it on to 350 degrees and bake my brownies, no timers needed, no auto shutoff, just let me turn it on and off, job done!A lot of this stuff is already quite visible to the general public anyway, just watch the ads on TV for home security systems as an example. People are more aware of rapid tech changes coming at them than they were in the 90's when the PC and the internet first appeared.The book is well written, researched and easy to read and for this I do recommend it for anyone wanting to begin understanding some of the changes headed our way, however they will need to connect to many additional resources in addition to this book in order to have a more comprehensive and current understanding (kurzweilai.net is good source, it has current tech articles, including M2M, and it's free!)

As a potential graduate student seeking to enter a Mastery program within the areas of embedded engineering, as well as IoT devices, I ordered Kellmereit's book hoping to gain crucial insight from the developmental and technical levels. On the contrary, this well-written introduction in the field tends to cater more towards the business side of development (which, not to offend, I know it is greatly needed, but as a student, I was hoping for a "Basics of IoT" within the realms of specific API development, specific hardware platforms, "how-to to build an initial ___ device in IoT", and so forth. The main purpose of the text (from my first read-through) is to raise awareness about the upcoming IoT boom, giving historic examples of actual IoT developers within the industry, and warning the investor/ developer about how/when to enter into the market based upon customer demand.Even with this criticism, the text is well-written and enjoyable to read. I would HIGHLY Recommend it to any reader in a "Technical Sales" or "Technical Management" role. I would also recommend it as a supplement to any complete novice of IoT, and as a business aid to the ambitious developer seeking to build his/her IoT device, but wanting to know the business aspects/ history of the device industry.

This book is primarily an introduction to the business side of IoT. The field is still very much in flux, so the book is more a rich collection of observations than a well structured overview. Still, the authors have made efforts to organize the observations into themes like history of IoT, the IoT ecosystem, outlook to the future, business cases and investment opportunities. A nice thing about the book is that it discusses mostly very down-to-earth applications rather than the exotic ideas that are so often found in discussions on IoT. This gives the reader a feeling of what IoT really is like and what the limitations and challenges are. I would recommend this book to every entrepreneur and investor who is looking into IoT. The only recommendation that I would have for the authors would be to use less extensive quotes and to strengthen the argumentation.

Interesting read on IoT and connected machines. Though it's from the early 20teens, the concepts and ideas it discusses are, sadly, still quite relevant. Gave me a good foundational knowledge of IoT.

Not substantial . Mainly a large list of things which may get chips added which could give manufacturers feedback on the usage by the customer. Presents a possible picture of Big Brother by product manufacturers rather than a step forward for the consumer.

An interesting read, but not what I was really looking for. A more generally informative,but not a very technical book.

The Silent Intelligence has given me a clear view of what to expect and key components required to be successful in this exciting marketplace. There’s rapid growth and opportunities in IoT / M2M and The Silent Intelligence has provided me the foundation to truly embrace this technology.

This is a very well written book that takes a practical approach through examples from industry. The book defines clearly what the different areas and their relationship to each other. This is an excellent choice to understand what IoT is about quickly. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.