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Kevin Ashton - Inventor of the "Internet of Things"; Creator of the WeMo home automation platform; Co-Founder & CEO of leading clean tech startup Zensi; Former Executive Director, MIT

Kevin Ashton

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Kevin Ashton describing the history to date of the Internet of Things ...

He's the guy who made up the term, you know *He's quite the philosopher; one has to admire his sobriety abut how things have gone in a couple of decades.

Kevin Ashton on building a Twitter bot with a Kred score of 754 | Wired 2013 video

In April this year, Santiago Swallow had 80,000 followers and a Kred score of 754. However, he was actually a bot created by technologist and Quartz writer Kevin Ashton just 12 hours previously.

Books by Kevin Ashton

The Story of Stories: The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art - Book by Kevin Ashton

The Story of Stories: The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art” (2026)

The Story of Stories The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human Art

How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery - Book by Kevin Ashton

How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery” (2015)

How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery - Book by Kevin Ashton

How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery” (2015)

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