The Internet of Things continues its brisk and steady rise, and many trends that started in previous years will continue or even accelerate for the foreseeable future However, a recent McKinsey study, What separates leaders from laggards in the Internet of Things, found that only around one sixth of the world's largest companies adopting IoT are seeing any kind of significant return on investment. But it's not all bad news. New trends and business models are emerging, and the way we plan, envision, and discuss the IoT will likely change in 2019. More Human-IoT Interaction Sensor data is a core component