14 DAY TRIAL // Intel has been talking about the Internet of Things for years, and other IT corporations have been echoing that vision in various ways. Now, Intel and Samsung, among others, have joined forces to make their joint plans happen.
The corporations have established the Open Interconnect Consortium, which will create open source code for smart home and office appliances, computers, networked devices, etc.
Software and engineering resources will be pooled together by the OIC members. The ultimate goal is to make essentially every electronic device connected, via a network or the web, to all the others in a home.
Intel and Samsung want all of those connections to be established wirelessly, and for information flow to be intelligently managed among personal computers and all new Internet of Things devices, including wearable gadgets, smart kitchen/bathroom appliances, etc.
Besides Samsung and Intel, the other big names in the OIC are Dell, Broadcom, Atmel and Wind River. More will no doubt join over time.
Once the first source code comes out, enterprises will start providing customers with ways of controlling their households from afar, from the office, for example, and interact with screens or other devices from a meeting room across town.
The automotive, healthcare and industrial fields will benefit from the OIC's activities as well, though they are a secondary concern at this time.