1. IoT, for which sectors?

The healthcare sector, in particular, is playing a characteristically driving role in current developments (see The rise of connected objects: Introduction [FIC 1509] ). Concerning the entire population and a wide range of activities, health is a growing concern for our society. Several factors are contributing to this trend:

• care for an ageing population and the rise in chronic illnesses are leading to the outsourcing of part of patient care and follow-up outside the hospital;

• the ever-increasing...