The Internet of Things hype generator

The promise and reality of the Internet of Things couldn’t be farther apart. Things are so bad that Gartner — one of tech's most respected research and advisory companies — called the Internet of Things the most hyped emerging technology of 2014. You can see IoT perched precariously at the very apex of the Hype Chart, teetering precariously upon the "peak of inflated expectations" before its certain plunge into the "trough of disillusionment" — something I’d wager has already begun.