For one, working on hardware projects can be very fulfilling. In contrast to software, hardware prototypes are physical. They can be looked at from multiple viewpoints, touched, and taken with you. There is something magical about seeing your creation work on an actual device, and this is even more true with internet-enabled devices. Building a device that interacts with another device wirelessly is magical × 2.
Artificial intelligence (AI)—deep learning, image recognition, natural-language processing, and neural network-driven decision-making are advancing every year, and the possibilities of combining IoT with AI open up completely new possibilities (for more information, see https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/01/04/the-internet-of-things-iot-will-be-massive-in-2018-here-are-the-4-predictions-from-ibm/#62a82b48edd3).
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