Q&A: A wireless pioneer reflects on the future of IoT

Having helped lay the groundwork for Wi-Fi in the 1990s, a Dutch innovator sheds light on modern connected devices, artificial intelligence and the future of IoT.

Brian Buntz | Nov 20, 2017

The entrepreneur Cees Links has a unique perspective on the future of IoT. Having played a pivotal role in establishing Wi-Fi technology in the 1990s, Links notes in a recent interview with the IoT Institute how a mixture of standardization and falling costs can propel a new technology forward. “We went to Apple with proprietary wireless technology in 1991 or 1992,” he recalls. “The answer was: ‘Come back when it is a worldwide standard and technology.’” Read more