<s>
A	O
sentroller	B-Device
,	O
used	O
in	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
sensor	O
,	O
controller	O
or	O
actuator	B-Algorithm
or	O
combination	O
of	O
these	O
three	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
Internet	O
is	O
an	O
Internet	O
of	O
people	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
people	O
communicating	O
with	O
people	O
,	O
using	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
laptops	B-Device
and	O
computers	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
is	O
changing	O
:	O
equipment	O
and	O
devices	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Predictions	O
range	O
up	O
to	O
a	O
factor	O
of	O
100	O
to	O
1	O
or	O
more	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
the	O
Internet	O
of	O
people	O
will	O
transform	O
into	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereby	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
will	O
connect	O
to	O
and	O
communicate	O
directly	O
with	O
other	O
"	O
things	O
"	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
directly	O
with	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
things	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
will	O
be	O
sentrollers	B-Device
,	O
which	O
means	O
they	O
are	O
either	O
actuators	B-Algorithm
,	O
sensors	O
,	O
controllers	O
,	O
or	O
combinations	O
of	O
these	O
three	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
thermostat	O
is	O
a	O
sentroller	B-Device
as	O
it	O
senses	O
the	O
temperature	O
in	O
the	O
home	O
,	O
checks	O
whether	O
the	O
home	O
or	O
room	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
thermostat	O
is	O
monitoring	O
temperature	O
is	O
at	O
the	O
desired	O
temperature	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
not	O
,	O
turns	O
on	O
the	O
heater	O
or	O
the	O
air	O
conditioner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
a	O
thermostat	O
is	O
a	O
sensor	O
and	O
a	O
controller	O
–	O
a	O
sentroller	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
human	O
interaction	O
with	O
the	O
thermostat	O
or	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
will	O
be	O
necessary	O
for	O
the	O
thermostat	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
heat	O
in	O
the	O
home	O
at	O
the	O
right	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
practice	O
,	O
sentrollers	B-Device
absorb	O
and/or	O
produce	O
very	O
limited	O
amounts	O
of	O
information	O
,	O
but	O
connectivity	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
is	O
essential	O
for	O
their	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
will	O
host	O
the	O
applications	O
that	O
know	O
how	O
to	O
interpret	O
the	O
information	O
provided	O
by	O
sentrollers	B-Device
and	O
what	O
action	O
to	O
be	O
taken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smarts	O
of	O
the	O
smart	B-Device
home	I-Device
,	O
smart	B-Architecture
energy	I-Architecture
,	O
smart	O
buildings	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
actually	O
reside	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sentrollers	B-Device
are	O
the	O
end	O
nodes	O
that	O
will	O
become	O
the	O
majority	O
population	O
of	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
