Excellent O'Reilly Talk on the internet of things...

Brilliant talk - amoungst the highlights

on real time - "Imagine crossing a road with traffic information from 5 minutes ago"

on devices - which won't need an IP address because we can already recognise anything from a fridge to an X-box just by its energy turn on signature - we might call these ES addresses "energy signature" addresses

and the analogy between wall street and major web players - when the brokers become traders....