By Christine Mason As we in America prepare for Thanksgiving this year, it is for many of us a time of mixed blessings. We are thankful for so much, yet we are living in a world filled with fear and violence. A world where the unspeakable happens all too frequently. With news at our fingertips we have ever present reminders of the plight of so many ‘“ bombings, hunger, pain, sadness. After the most recent horrific attacks in Paris, one of the most touching moments was an inte

By Amy Osbourne, CEI Intern Writer Scott Jones remarks, ‘We’re at the dawn of a new industry loosely called ‘˜wearable technology’ that may have reached $4.6 billion in sales around the world already this year ‘ (Jones, 2013). While pervasive computing allows for networking communications, it is the Internet of Things’ connected wearable devices that allow bidirectional data streams, metadata monitoring, and constant connection (PubNub, 2015). From exercising to addressing en

By Amy Osbourne, CEI Intern What is the Internet of Things? Simply put, the Internet of Things is the concept of equipping any device with a microprocessor and Internet capability, essentially giving these devices an on and off switch to the Internet and also to each other. Author Jacob Morgan writes in his article for Forbes, ‘The IoT  is a giant network of connected ‘things’ (which also includes people). ‘¯The relationship will be between people-people, people-things, and t