Lowe logs on to monitor the dog
If you didn't believe the Internet of Things was ubiquitous, here's a soundbite from the CEO Roundtable at electronica last week. Freescale CEO Gregg Lowe said: "Today, even my dog is connected to the web."
I caught up with him later that day and asked him if he was serious. And he was – he can monitor his dog's health via the internet.
He's enthusiastic about the future of the IoT – even if we probably won't be calling it by that name in a couple of years – and excited about what it can do for the semiconductor industry.
He sees the auto industry as a major user of the technology. "The 'killer app' won't be autonomous vehicles," he said, referring to recent rash of driverless car announcements. "It will be one that ensures a car can't get into an accident; a car that is aware of its surroundings." And he believes such a vehicle could be on the road in just 10 years.
Is that a reasonable prediction?
