IBM is working to democratize innovation with Internet of Things technology by making it easy for novices to start innovating with IoT. They have simplified access to cloud platforms, protocols, and enabling technologies. This allows more people to collaborate and innovate without barriers. At an IBM hackathon, participants used freely available IBM IoT technologies like MQTT, Node-RED and MessageSight to create applications like a zombie paintball app and a robot controller. IBM enhanced their IoT package with toys and bananas to simply demonstrate drone control. One participant then used the system to propose controlling drone swarms to monitor forest fires more effectively.