The idea in a world even everyday objects such as books and air conditioners are plugged into a network -- Internet of Things, seems like a scenario from a science-fiction movie.

China is tapping into such a world.

In Wuxi City of east China's Jiangsu Province, an intelligent transportation system is under construction, which by using the Internet of Things technologies, would enable traffic lights to change automatically according to traffic flows.

The system would also help drivers avoid traffic congestions by sending messages about road conditions and suggesting driving routes, said Zhang Xin, vice manager of Wuxi public bus company.

Some 2,153 buses in Wuxi, or 92 percent of the total, are the first batch of the country's "smart buses" using the network, Zhang said.

Through a combination of GIS (geographic information system), GPS (global positioning system) and electronic controls, people can learn nearly everything about a bus, including its location, speed and road conditions, he said.

The Internet of Things, or the sensor web, is a network of real-world objects linked by the Internet and interacting through web services. Technologies such as radio frequency identification and sensors were the basis of the network.

According to the International Telecommunication Union, in the future world, the Internet of Things, by embedding short-range mobile transceivers into a wide array of additional gadgets and everyday items, enables new forms of communication between people and things, and between things themselves.

The Internet of Things is considered as the third wave in information industry since the introduction of computers and Internet.