The Internet of Chemical Things

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT), a term first coined by Ashton in 1999 [1], concerns the interconnection and effective networking of machines and computing devices through the infrastructure of the internet. Yet simply stated like this, it does not do justice to what is becoming a revolutionary phenomenon in terms of how our electronic-based physical objects (Things) will communicate and interact into the future. It is expected that within five years there will be around 26 billion devices wirelessly connected through the Internet [2], with some predictions saying many more [3].