Let's Talk: Connected Devices Infographic 

Today, our world is made up of more mobile phones than people. Billions of of everyday products are connecting to the wireless web. To illustrate this, Mobile Future released a new infographic visually highlighting the ecosystem of everyday products. These powerful wireless networks make our lives easier and enable major strides in medicine, public safety, energy conservation and so on. (Talbot, 2013) The upcoming of all these connected devices create great opportunity for innovation by taking everyday items, connecting them to the Internet and making them even more intelligent. 

Key ideas of Mobile Future's new infographic: 

• Today, there are 10 billion connected devices 
• By 2020, data from connected devices will more than double all global Internet traffic in 2012
• Traffic from connected devices will grow 24 times in just five years 
• Global connected device revenue is $200 billion now and could grow to $1.2 trillion in 2020
• In the future, virtually everything we make will be able to connect to the Internet 

(Talbot, 2013) 

Mobile Future Chair Jonathan Spalter states " From textbooks to medications to sunglasses, the Internet of Things is transforming millions of products into intelligent devices, much of it wirelessly. Its critical that we prepare for the significant data growth on the horizon and maintain policies that spur continued competition, investment and innovation. " (Talbot, 2013) 

References 

Talbot, E. (2013, October 14). Lets talk: Connected devices infographic. Retrieved from http://mobilefuture.org/newsroom/lets-talk-connected-devices-infographic/

By: Ashley Couto