1-11-17 The Internet of Things: the myth, the hype, the facts, and the engineers 

The coming 5 years will see a blending of the digital and physical worlds as IoT products are introduced into municipal, industrial, agricultural, transportation, and residential spaces. IoT is expected to be so large that it is being called "the next industrial revolution," with an expected market impact of over $1 trillion. By 2020, 24 billion sensors around the globe will be collecting and streaming 1.6 zettabytes (1.6*10²¹ bytes, which is comparable to the current total amount of data on Earth). In this talk we will explore the IoT landscape, investigate some of the predictions, look at the key players, and seek to understand in what ways the Internet of Things is going to impact our world beyond having smarter refrigerators and thermostats. 

Our Speaker
Daniel Price is the CEO of Bread Inc, a California startup with a mission to make IoT product design faster, easier, and less expensive. Bread Inc is located in Santa Ynez, and has grown from 2 to 10 employees over the last year. Prior to founding Bread Inc, Daniel held multiple product technical lead positions - as CTO of Dascena and as Head of Electrical Engineering at Motocrane. Daniel helped both companies to obtain working MVP, to file for patents, and to secure funding. Daniel holds BS degrees in Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Oxford [Rhodes Scholarship], and an MBA from University of Oxford.