Kevin Ashton

Kevin Ashton
Ashton at the 2015 Texas Book Festival.
Born1968
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
Children
  • Arlo Ashton
  • Sasha Ashton
  • Theo Ashton

Kevin Ashton (born 1968) is a British technology pioneer who cofounded the Auto-ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which created a global standard system for RFID and other sensors. He is known for coining the term "the Internet of Things" to describe a system where the Internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors.