THE INTERNET OF CARING THINGS

Published 2013-12

Anything exceptional that ‘connected objects’ can do for consumers, whether that’s monitoring or improving health, helping them save money, getting chores done, will be warmly welcomed next year and beyond.

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Verdict

renamedThe same phenomenon is listed again within two editions under a new name (D33).

Continued as trendwatching-2015-004

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

All captured fields

rank: 6
subject: Consumer-centred Internet of Things
target year: 2014
confidence: high
note: The section cites Gartner (October 2013): IoT adds USD 1.9 trillion of economic value in 2020; up to 30 billion connected devices in 2020. Gartner's forecasts, not trendwatching's; not recorded as metric.