English B1 Plus - Everything Connected

Complete the blanks in the text with the following words: digital - electrical - microchips - sensors - equipment - contacts The Internet of Things allows 1) ___ devices to communicate between themselves over the Internet. The devices have 2) ___ and sensors allowing for one smart device to tell another what to do! An example would be lightbulbs that dim or get brighter after you give a command to a(n) 3) ___ assistant. Imagine applying this to all the electrical devices in your house. Your alarm clock goes off and tells the coffee maker to make you coffee. The refrigerator 4) ___ the supermarket to deliver you fresh milk that is paid for with the money automatically taken out of your bank account. Companies manage stock more efficiently, factories maintain industrial 5) ___ better and medical information is sent by wearables to our doctors. It can inform us of traffic jams and cut air pollution. What is more, 6) ___ already installed in some trees in the Amazon Rainforest tell the authorities when a tree is illegally cut down so they can catch the offenders.