Sensors & Measurement · Recorded milestone
Wireless sensor networks
Recorded year2010
Cheap, low-power connected sensors spread into homes, farms and factories.
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- TCP/IPRecorded · 1974requires
- MEMS sensorsRecorded · 1993enables
- Wi-FiRecorded · 1997enables
Led to
- AI-managed water networksRecorded · 2013enables
- Item-finder tagRecorded · 2014enables
- Goods shipped before you orderRecorded · 2016enables
- Automated insulin pumpRecorded · 2017enables
- Self-emptying robot vacuumRecorded · 2018enables
- Wearable quantum brain scannersRecorded · 2018enables
- Matter smart-home standardRecorded · 2022enables
- Second-by-second insuranceForecast · ~2028enables
- 6G networksForecast · ~2030enables
- Verified ingredient cartridges for digital kitchensForecast · ~2030enables
- Radiative cooling assists refrigeration across climatesForecast · ~2031enables
- Smart dustForecast · ~2032enables
- Trillion-sensor worldForecast · ~2035enables
- Spoilage-free cold chainForecast · ~2050enables
- Starry skies back over citiesForecast · ~2050enables
- Self-calibrating sensor networksForecast · ~2052enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.