The likes of _Samsung, Google _and ARM have teamed together to form and develop Thread, an IP-based wireless networking protocol. This follows the announcement of Open Interconnect Consortium, which too has been backed by major industry players to support the future of the Internet of Things. The aim here is to hone on current networking technologies already available, with Thread allowing for product developers and consumers to connect up more than 250 devices to a mesh network that includes direct internet and cloud access. However, Thread isn’t an application protocol or a connectivity platform; it’s a networking protocol that has...

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