Farmers have grown accustomed to carrying mobile phones with them, even while working. New app goCrop helps them manage manure and fertiliser, monitor irrigation systems, coordinate harvests and check the weather and agricultural markets.

By 2020 there will be 50 billion objects connected to the internet. SmartThings enables true human-computer interaction by ensuring that everything we own – electronic and otherwise – is part of the conversation.

In an increasingly connected world, people are looking to the internet and technology to solve everyday problems. Tile combines the seamless simplicity of the internet of things with the benefits of a global community to help find lost items.

London is arguably the centre of the UK for finance, technology and business. But it's Milton Keynes that's set to become the first place in the UK to be fully connected to the Internet of Things by establishing a city-wide open access internet network.