The Internet of Things
Six billion people worldwide already have mobile phones. Now the experts are talking about the coming Internet of Things: 50 billion interconnected objects, from cows to coffee machines. Peter Day asks what it means and how it may happen.
Producer: Laura Gray.
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How to connect a cow to the internet
Duration: 01:18
Contributors to this programme
David Cleevely
chairman of Cambridge Wireless and technology entrepreneur
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Bill McFarland
vice president of technology at Qualcomm
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Chris Bishop
Microsoft Scientist
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Stuart Orr
Accenture
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William Webb
CEO, Weightless
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Zoe Barker
research assistant, Cow Tracking Project, Writtle College
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John Torrance
dairy farmer, Albyns Farm
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probation officer
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Miles Hodkinson
founder, Ciseco
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Broadcasts
- Thu 12 Sep 2013 20:30Â鶹Éç Radio 4
- Sun 15 Sep 2013 21:30Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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