Thanks Rowan! For further reading, here's a lengthy but interesting Georgia Tech paper, for inquiring minds who want to better understand the tangled web that lies ahead with the IOT. It gives some good context for the scope and scale of the IOT, as well as the security challenges to be addressed, for those interested.

http://peterswire.net/wp-content/uploads/Clarifying-the-Internet-of-Things-by-Defining-the-Internet-of-Devices.pdf

Fascinating stuff . . . if it can be done securely, and that's why I'm pleased that the ELT is emphasizing security as a complementary focus to IOT.