Kevin Ashton speaks at Smithsonian magazine’s 2015 Future Is Here Festival (14:51)
Kevin led pioneering work on RFID (radio frequency identification) networks, for which he coined the term “the Internet of Things,” and co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT. His writing about innovation and technology has appeared in Quartz, Medium, The Atlantic, and the New York Times. Kevin has a long history as a tech innovator and as an entrepreneur. His new book, How To Fly A Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery is an inspiring and empowering look at behind the scenes of humanity’s greatest creations, revealing the surprising way we make something new.