T-shirts that flash your latest Facebook status, beds that help you track the quality of your sleep: Welcome to the so-called 'Internet of things.'
能够显示你Facebook最新状态的T恤,追踪睡眠质量的床:欢迎来到“物联网。
The industry of Web-connected devices, or what some analysts call the 'machine-to-machine' market, is expected to vault in size in the coming years: CapGemini estimates that the world M2M market will be worth 27.4 billion (US$35 billion) by 2013. Not surprisingly, a growing number of entrepreneurs have rushed to cash in on the business─applying the notion of connectivity to ceilings, chairs and even washing machines.
联网设备产业──或某些分析师所称“机对机(M2M)市场──的规模预计将在未来几年大大增加。据凯捷咨询公司(CapGemini)估计,到2013年,全球M2M市场的价值将达到274亿欧元(合350亿美元)。难怪越来越多的创业者都已争先恐后地进入这个行当赚钱。他们把联网概念应用到天花板上、椅子上甚至是洗衣机上。
As of 2007, there were 500 million devices connected to the Internet. According to networking company Cisco Systems Inc., that number will be 50 billion by 2020, representing a huge growth that companies are eager to capitalize on.
截至2007年,接入互联网的设备总计有5亿台。据网络公司思科系统(Cisco Systems Inc.)估计,到2020年,这个数字将达到500亿。这是一个巨大的增量,企业都非常希望从中谋利。
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