It's not a recent article, it was published last year by Rob Van Kranenburg, a teacher and consultant, in 2012. But it's still up to date.
Rob van Kranenburg outlines a brief history of the next big thing--the internet of things--and argues that U.S. industry and government should be taking a more active role in its evolution. He explained how all the bricks of the technology are build as we are moving forward. and the puzzle is almost done. the last part will probably be "us" i.e communities of people plugging their daily devices on the network.
Here's a quote of his article :
With a vibrant open-source DIY community, fueled by tools and software such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Processing, 3D Printing and DIY drones, some of the most innovative connective platforms are coming not from nations or corporations, but enterprising people’s bedrooms. It’s inevitable that with the technological capacity and the curious human nature that my seemingly impossible dream of standing in the middle of a completely interconnected public square is soon to be reality.
Rob van Kranenburg wrote The Internet of Things. A critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID, Network Notebooks 02, Institute of Network Cultures. He is co-founder of bricolabs and the founder of Council. Together with Christian Nold he published Situated Technologies Pamphlets 8: The Internet of People for a Post-Oil World. He currently works as Community Manager at the EU Project Sociotal.He is consultant to IoT China, Shanghai 2014.