Kevin Ashton
Technology pioneer and author
Kevin Ashton is a British technologist who coined the term "the Internet of Things". He also wrote How to Fly a Horse.
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British Born 1968 in Birmingham, United Kingdom
About Kevin Ashton
Kevin Ashton was born in 1968 in Birmingham, in the United Kingdom. He was a co-founder of the Auto-ID Center, based at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The center produced a worldwide standard for RFID (radio frequency identification) and other sensors. He led early work on RFID networks and gave the Internet of Things its name. He has also led technology start-ups. His articles on innovation and technology have been published in Quartz, Medium, The Atlantic and the New York Times. His book in our catalog is How to Fly a Horse.