ABSTRACT
Looking ahead, the Implantables and the IoT hold great promise, yet business, policy, and technical challenges must be tackled before these devices and systems are fully embraced. Early adopters will need to prove that the new sensor-driven business models deliver value and efficiency. Industry groups and government regulators must architect rules on data privacy and data security that span multiple information infrastructures, ranging from the individual to the networked enterprise. On the technology side, the cost of sensors and actuators must fall to levels that will spark widespread use. Networking technologies and the standards that support them must evolve to the point where data can flow freely among sensors, computers, and actuators. Software to aggregate and analyze data, as well as graphic display techniques, must improve to the point where huge volumes of data can be absorbed by human decision makers or synthesized to guide automated systems more appropriately.
