Internet of Things and the Human Body

Abstract

This is a short commentary considering the analogy which can be drawn between the current, “macro” Internet of Things (IoT) based applications (such as Smart Buildings, Smart Cities, Smart Car, etc.) and the future, highly probable, fusion between the "Body Sensor Networks"‎ and everything now covered by the nanomedicine domain. The aim is to offer “food for thought”, questions which might not have yet concrete and full answers; performing such an exercise, between two areas - which are so different - is to understand where we are now and where (moreover, how), we can move forward, by exploring and exploiting the resources associated with human body. The topic is not a brand new one; various communication channels already got it into the news;