Announcement, Scenarios

McKinsey: the physical world as an information system

“tools for understanding complexity”

“some of them even work largely without human intervention”

“tremendous storage and computing resources linked with advanced software systems”

“complex autonomous systems”

“energy consumption efficiency and process optimization are good early targets”

“established companies can seek partnerships with innovative technology suppliers”

The latest issue of McKinsey Quarterly, available free upon registration, covers the Internet Of Things. Hey, is it a good sign when a leading global management consulting firm covers your industry? We hope so!

In the report, which has been analyzed elsewhere, including in Read Write Web, there are plenty of great quotes which at least to us have everything to do with projects, applications, and the vision of WideTag!

All good stuff, with plenty of concrete examples in various industry fields. McKinsey doesn’t list some of our favorites, Internet Of Things applications that you can buy today at Fry’s, social objects that anticipate the way everything we use is going to be designed:

• Withings, the Internet connected body scale
• Zeo, the sleep coach
• the Philips DirectLife activity package

Let’s also not forget the glorious Nabaztag, the internet connected rabbit sold in almost two hundred thousand units!