3-D printed plastic objects that can communicate with WiFi devices
&gt; Imagine a bottle of laundry detergent that can sense when you’re running low on soap — and automatically connect to the internet to place an order for more.<p>Why. Why why why do all IoT-related articles always use awful consumer goods examples like this. Nobody, or next-to-nobody, would want to have that. There are so many good ideas and existing uses of IoT tech outside of the consumer goods sector, and pretty much every application <i>in</i> the consumer goods sector is hot garbage, and consumers know it.