Internet-connected Objects provides  the  architecture  and  technological  foundations  for  developing context-aware,  reliable,  energy-efficient  and  secure  distributed  networks  of  cooperating sensors actuators and other smart devices and objects. This should enable person/object and  object/object  Internet-based  communications  opening  a  new  range  of  Internet  enabled services.

Internet Connected objects is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.17) under the following challenges/objectives:

> Challenge 1:Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures

Objective ICT-2011.1.3 Internet-connected objects

The envisaged target outcomes are:

a)  An  open  networked  architecture
b)  Adaptive  software  supporting  data  acquisition
c)  Coordination and support actions