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The Internet is currently unsuitable for small devices because the assumptions behind its architecture for desktop and server computers do not scale down. Implementations and costs that apply to larger machines have a baseline that is still too high for small embedded objects that cost only a few dollars, thereby leaving many devices disenfranchised and in disconnected groups. Similar to computer network evolution where the Internet was used to bridge together heterogeneous computer systems, I present Internet 0 (10) as a framework to bridge together heterogeneous devices via Internet Protocols-therefore in a manner that is compatible with designing globally large computer networks. I examine the seven following themes of Internet 0. No one of these themes are new, however it is unique to have them all present in one system: 1. bringing the Internet Protocol all the way to the device level to make devices full network citizens; 2. compiling standards and delayering network protocol stacks to make them computationally efficient enough to fit into embedded microprocessors; 3. allowing devices to talk to each other directly to remove the necessity of centralized servers and proto-col converters