# What is a device?

## **What are IoT devices?**

IoT devices are nonstandard computing devices that connect wirelessly to a network and have the ability to transmit data, such as the many devices on the internet of things.

IoT involves extending internet connectivity beyond standard devices, such as desktops, lapttops, smartphones, and tablets, to any range of traditionally dumb or internet-enabled physical devices and everyday objects. You can communicate and interact with them over the internet. [Learn more](https://internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com/definition/IoT-device)

#### Device examples with Thy Street api

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[Liquid Vending Device](/examples/liquid-vending-device.md)
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