Leslie D. Green
Special to Crain's Detroit Business - It's not news to say experts believe nearly every "thing" — bicycles, toasters, eyeglasses, clothing, lampposts — will eventually use embedded chips, or sensors, to connect wirelessly to everything else. Electrical meters and wearables already are providing real-time data to smartphones. Cars are beginning to communicate with roadways. Yet, in all of the excitement about the Internet of Things, very little is being said about what will actually power the chips that make the things
Leslie D. Green
Special to Crain's Detroit Business - It's not news to say experts believe nearly every "thing" — bicycles, toasters, eyeglasses, clothing, lampposts — will eventually use embedded chips, or sensors, to connect wirelessly to everything else. Electrical meters and wearables already are providing real-time data to smartphones. Cars are beginning to communicate with roadways. Yet, in all of the excitement about the Internet of Things, very little is being said about what will actually power the chips that make the things