The Internet of Things is already here—just not the way you expected

2016 was supposed to be the Year of the Internet of Things. In fact, it was the third year in a row that was going to mark the arrival of the connected home, according to everyone from experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to industry leaders like Cisco. Despite missing the mark in 2013, and 2014, 2015 was for sure going to be when IoT took over, according to the hype generated at the Consumer Electronics Show that kicked off the year.