Internet of Things

A talented 11-year-old boy shocked security experts when he hacked into their Bluetooth devices to control his robotic teddy bear during a cybersecurity conference at the World Forum in The Hague on May 16.

Rapid advances in information technologies and the increase in the use of internet has created a very complex system; i.e. the "internet of things" (IoT). It refers to the connectivity of devices like refrigerators through embedded network software, enabling them to interact with the external environment via internet.

GE and Gama Energy have signed an agreement to operate the first digital power plant in Turkey, they said in a statement on Feb. 8.

This deal marks the first use of industrial cloud software applications in a power plant in Turkey to improve efficiency and productivity, according to the statement.

Mobile technologies have penetrated into our lives immensely. We have become so hooked on to our mobile phones that we cannot think about leaving home without our devices.  For many of us living in the more developed parts of the world, it is a social need more than anything, something like an addiction. But for the majority of the world's population, mobile technologies signify more.

Cyber attacks pounded the underpinnings of the internet on Oct. 21, crippling Twitter, Netflix and other major websites with the help of once-dumb devices made smart with online connections.

Waves of attacks incapacitated a crucial piece of internet infrastructure, hampering or outright blocking access to popular online venues.

Istanbul-based Turkish design sisters Ezra and Tuba Çetin, who own the brand Ezra+Tuba, have teamed up with Intel and created a dress equipped with 40 butterflies that can fly on and off. 

It is that time of the year when everybody lists trends. I should not miss this opportunity to write about the future either. Out of all of the lists that I read, I think the most accurate is Gartner's. They have listed top 10 technologies for 2015, but I believe these four are the real game changers.

Computing everywhere