An overview of the Internet of Things and why it’s awesome. Let’s see what Google has to say about this. The Internet of Things is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Blah, blah … In layman’s terms, the Internet of Things represents a bunch of devices with a connection to the internet, where the types of devices can be one of these: sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, single-board computers (or let’s just call them “minicomputers”).