9. Education In addition to smart homes and smart offices, we’re also starting to see smart schools. We’ve already seen a shift in education from paper and books to online teaching platforms. Think of tools like Blackboard, where educators can interact directly with students on a secure network to give grades and assignments. As early as 2014, US education technology (EdTech) companies raised $1.2 billion in funding. A great example of Smart Education is SMART, which created the world’s first interactive digital whiteboard system. SMART boards are interactive display systems that look like any other whiteboard, but are connected to a computer allowing for video playback, slideshows, etc. They also capture information and transform it so that it can be shared later with students or lecture attendees. Nobody has to take notes anymore. All notes made on the whiteboard are automatically saved. ctto