A new group has been formed to help control the standards and practices of the Internet of Things in hopes of having some semblance of uniformity when the inevitable connection of all these "things" is complete.

The group consists, for now, of Samsung Electronics, Atmel, Broadcom Corporation, Dell, Intel Corporation and Wind River, they are unified under the name Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC). According to PCWorld, the group plans on making sure that there is hassle-free data flow between devices, regardless of the OS, device type or wireless communication technology.

The consortium will first establish standards around connectivity, discovery and authentication of devices, and data-gathering instruments in “smart homes,” consumer electronics and enterprises, said Gary Martz, product line manager at Intel.

The first OIC open source code will target the specific requirements of smart home and office solutions. Samsung gives this example, the specifications could make it simple to remotely control and receive notifications from smart home appliances or enterprise devices using securely provisioned smartphones, tablets or PCs. Possible consumer solutions include the ability to remotely control household systems to save money and conserve energy. In the enterprise, employees and visiting suppliers might securely collaborate while interacting with screens and other devices in a meeting room. Specifications for additional IoT opportunities including automotive, healthcare, and industrial will follow.

To quote Morpheus from the Matrix: "We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on solar power. It was believed they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun."