Internet of Things [3/5]: Network Protocols and the Internet

Not surprisingly, embedded devices and people use the Internet very differently. People make use of the Internet through the Web, e-mail, and texting. In the Internet of Things, embedded devices exchange information with each other. But these devices don't have the machine equivalent of Web browsers and social media. Not yet, at least. When designing your IoT device, you have to think about how your local network connects to the Internet. You can do it with a gateway. Or you can build this capabilit