Šetření povědomí spotřebitelů o Internetu věcí

The topic of this Master's thesis is to examine a consumer awareness of the Internet of Things. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze the consumer awareness of Internet of Things and its possibilities, and to evaluate the current situation of the Internet of Things.The first part of this thesis is devoted to the theoretical introduction of the term Internet of Things, which is the main subject of this work. At first the most important history of this area is described, then it is defined what the Internet of Things represents and what can be expected from that. It also introduces the current possibilities of its usage and selected existing technologies, usable in the implementation of the Internet of Things. The following part is devoted to the actual coverage of selected world locations by the Internet of Things networks and potential future plans for further implementation of new networks.In the second part of the thesis, the hypotheses and research questions are formulated based on the previous theoretical part to compose a questionnaire. On the basis of the composed questionnaire, a consumer research had been investigated using the questionnaire technique. The survey identified the current consumer awareness of the Internet of Things, its technologies, and consumer's real experience and plans for the future.