What a charming turn of phrase to describe a trend that has the potential for sinister, ubiquitous, paralyzing control of your life or the not so sinister but equally pervasive, liberating revolution in how you live: the Internet of Things or, as it is affectionately known by those who are convinced of its irreversibility, the IOT. Well, I’m sure it’s not quite as Kubrick-esque as I made it out to be in the title, but it won’t hurt to understand (quickly) what a lot of different people understand it to mean.