Internet of Things

The Internet of Things could well be more about people than about things and technology.

The technology exists. The “markers” are passive or active, read-only or read and write contactless RFID Radio-frequency identification chips. At present, readers are devices that are specific to each application, but there is no doubt that mobile phones are quickly becoming “universal readers”. As for networks, the adoption of IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6, a vital component of the Internet of Things, will make it possible to attribute a permanent address to each individual on the planet and to all the objects we would like to make communicative, and there will still be plenty of addresses left over for extra-terrestrials, explains Jean-Pierre Legrand, Strategic Analyst at BNP Paribas' Retail Development Department.

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