https://www.evernote.com/shard/s15/sh/a0b8847e-0cd7-4748-8b4d-396c39558c35/200022bfb620e02d
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Back in September, IBM published a paper on "device democracy", outlining its thoughts on why it was essential to reimagine the entire communications backbone to the IoT. (I wrote about why it was such a big deal at the time, even though the news flew a bit under the radar.) The research team noted that the tech strategy, business models and design thinking around the early IoT are all unsustainable -- either due to their costs, privacy shortcomings, lack of function, or unviable economic model. They then did their thing, and concocted something that would be cheap to implement, functional, and private by design. That proof-of-concept was finally on display at CES last week. (At least, I think so; haven't seen any pics or videos yet.)
The result meshed Telehash's trustless, peer-to-peer messaging system, BitTorrent's distributed cloud, and Ethereum's blockchain. Adept allowed users to set rules for their devices (if this Samsung smart washing machine runs out of detergent - order more with my card on file at Amazon); for those devices to act autonomously and share resources (during peak energy times the washer could talk to the TV during peak viewing hours and decide to hold off on a wash cycle until electricity demand subsided and its cost declined); and for the device manufacturers to transfer the maintenance responsibilities to the devices themselves (discover a failing part and the washer could check the blockchain to see if the part was covered under warranty and schedule a service call).