IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance Targets the "Internet of Things", articles in Converge Network Digest and other sources

"A new IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance has been formed with a mission to promote IP as the networking technology best suited for connecting sensor- and actuator-equipped or "smart" objects and delivering information gathered by those objects.
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Founding members of the IPSO Alliance are Arch Rock, Atmel, Cimetrics, Cisco, Duke Energy, Dust Networks, EDF R&D, eka systems, Emerson, Freescale, IP Infusion, Jennic, Kinney Consulting, Nivis, PicosNet, Proto6, ROAM, SAP, Sensinode, SICS, Silver Spring Networks, Sun Microsystems, Tampere University, Watteco and Zensys."

Read articles on the IPSO Alliance in

Converge Network Digest
Sensor
Light Reading
E Channel Line

Also see the homepage of Contiki, IP for small, smart objects developed by Adam Dunkels at SICS. Adam is a member of the IPSO Alliance's technical board.