Kevin Ashton | |
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Born | 1968 Birmingham, England |
Nationality | British |
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Kevin Ashton (born 1968) is a British technology pioneer who cofounded the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which created a global standard system for RFID and other sensors.[1] He is known for coining the term "the Internet of Things"[2] to describe a system where the Internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors.[3][4]