master: welcome to my Smart Home
student: wow. how is the light controlled?
master: with this on-off switch
student: i don't see a motor to close the blinds
master: there is none
student: where is the server located?
master: it is not needed
student: excuse me but what is "Smart" about all of this?
master: everything.
in this moment, the student was enlightened
the approach to smartness i am teaching in my IoT course
@sebastian I have long believed that IoT stands for "Internet Of Things That Don't Need To Be Connected To The Internet"
I love the idea of a connected home, but I don't want to connect it to anything outside of my home.
Intelligence of Things that know when to connect and when not to.