Today I came across a new acronym – ITS, the Internet of Things and Services. The concept of the “Internet of Things and Services” is based on the possibility of seamless integration of physical objects and services via automatic identification of things, discovery of Things & Services, communication, service selection and composition, resolution and invocation of services. This concept embraces a range of exciting internet-enabled technologies for individual life/work-style support as well as an opportunity for commercial and business exploitation of emerging technology platforms.
It seems to me that missing from this definition is the word ‘education’. Surely ITS embraces a range of exciting educational opportunities too?
Mind you, I’m hoping that I’m not one of the ‘things’ that will be open to discovery. I’ve just spent a week in S.Devon staying in a cottage with no mobile phone coverage – it’s reminded me what life used to be like. The weather was so good, the sea so inviting, my canoe so wanting to be paddled and the kids so wanting to fish, climb and jump off rocks that I just didn’t have the heart to make my way up the hill to the 500sq m in which I could get a signal. It was sheer bliss.
Now, where do I sign up for the ITS Preferencing Service to register the fact that I want to be left alone..?
(but check this website if you really want to know about ITS)
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