This document discusses the potential for using internet-connected devices (the Internet of Things or IOT) to have positive social and environmental impacts. It provides examples of IOT applications that could benefit the environment (Scoutbots, an autonomous boat that cleans oceans), development (Mobile Wire Service, connected farming equipment), commerce (Bleu, a retail system that uses customer data to improve shopping experiences), agriculture (HelloTractor, connected tractors), and energy (WattVision, a system to reduce home energy use through data). The document argues that connecting devices allows them to have "super powers" like communicating with each other, predicting patterns, accessing past data, being accessible anywhere, and enabling non-human problem solving.