The Agenda — Internet of Things

Internet of Things

A special report | July 2015

The Internet of What?

An Agenda investigation: Why Washington isn’t ready for the biggest tech wave of a generation.

By Darren Samuelsohn

I became a wired wonk

Welcome to the Internet of Things Issue

Faster than you think, the world around us is coming to life digitally. Here's why policymakers need to start paying attention.

By Stephen Heuser

I coined ‘Internet of Things.’ Now I think it’s the first big tech race the U.S. might lose.

By Kevin Ashton

The future: A guided tour

Wireless cows, self-shaping trucks and 24 other ways that networked objects will change our world.

By David Evans

It all started with the bar code

The surprising roots of the Internet of Things: An oral history.

By Danny Vinik

MIT professor: Why I un-networked my house

By Sanjay Sarma

How fast can an idea take off? Check out this chart.

Your fridge is spying on you

Introducing the ‘right to eavesdrop on your things.’

By Keith Winstein

Round One to the lobbyists

By Tony Romm

Will we still need to vote?

By Phil Howard

How to regulate all this: Law professor Scott Peppet goes deep.

By Danny Vinik

Tech leaders don’t trust their devices. They don’t trust Congress, either. A POLITICO survey.

By Stephen Heuser

VIDEO: Congress says the darndest things

The Capitol is not connected to the Internet.

It’s true. Here’s why.

By Darren Samuelsohn