History of IOT (Internet of Things)
In the 2000’s, Kevin Ashton was one of the pioneers
who thought and worked on how the business will linking RFID information to the
Internet. The concept was simple but powerful. If all objects in daily life
equipped with identifiers and wireless connectivity,
these objects could be communicate
with each other and can be managed by
computers. In a 1999 article for the RFID Journal Ashton wrote:
“If
we had computers that knew everything there was to know about things—using data
they gathered without any help from us
-- we would be able to track and count everything, and greatly reduce waste,
loss and cost. We would know when things needed replacing, repairing or
recalling, and whether they were fresh or past their best. We need to empower
computers with their own means of gathering information, so they can see, hear
and smell the world for themselves, in all its random glory. RFID and sensor
technology enable computers to observe, identify and understand the
world—without the limitations of human-entered data.”
What is IOT (Internet of Things)
Internet of things is a set
of use cases and technologies which has no a clear definition. It work with
network-connected devices ,embedded in physical environment that improve
existing life of process or to
enable a new scenario that is not
previously possible.
These
devices connect to the network and provide information that they gathered from
the environment through sensors, or to allow other systems to reach out and act
on the world through activators. they can connect devices that you own and
familiar with and new devices. they can connect those devices you have
personally at your home, or that in your workplace. Each of them is able to transform
valuable information from the real world into digital data that provides
increased visibility into how your users interact with your products, services,
or applications.
“The IoT
(Internet of Things)( Internet of Things) is the interconnection of devices and
things that are uniquely identifiable and addressable by IP addresses. with the
IoT (Internet of Things) end-points (devices) can be connected to internet that
can sense,gather, send and receive data and also can be communicated with each
other via IP technology and connectivity solutions.”
”The IoT (Internet of Things) is a network of physical
objects and devices that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states
or external environment (Gartner’s definition)”
Growth IOT (Internet of Things)?
A new idea of connectivity is going beyond laptops and smartphones, it’s going towards smart homes, connected cars, smart cities, connected wearables ,and connected healthcare. In short a connected life. According to Gartner report, by 2020 connected devices across all technologies will reach to 20.6 billion. hat’s a huge number
According to Juniper Research (data end 2016), the number of connected IoT
(Internet of Things) devices, sensors and actuators will reach over 46 billion
in 2021
According to the Ericsson Mobility Report 2016,
there will be approximately 28 billion connected devices after 2021. The report
expects the Internet of Things will has mobile phones that will be the largest
category of connected devices
IOE (Internet of Everything)
In the world the trend is to make
our life as convenient and successful as we can. To achieve this goal now we
have reached at this stage there we have connected people, processes, data and things to each other. So we can say that
the IoT (Internet of Things) is IoT (Internet of Everything).
Applications & Examples of Internet of Things
Smart Houses
Wouldn’t you like if you could switch on AC(air conditioning)
of your home before you reaching home, switch off lights even after you left home? Or
unlock the doors to friends for temporary access even when you are not at home.
Don’t be with IoT (Internet of Things)
taking shape companies are building products to
make your life simpler and
convenient. Smart Home has become the revolutionary ladder of success in the
residential space.It is predicted Smart homes will become as common as
smartphones. example of smart house are smart cities.
Barcelona -
Smart Cities:
The Spanish city is one of
the foremost smart cities in the world after it
implemented several IoT (Internet of Things). In that city there is smart parking system and the environment even everything is connected and smart.
Wearables
Wearable is most explosive demand in markets all around the world. Wearable devices are installed
with sensors and softwares that collect data and information about
the users. Companies like Google, Samsung are investing heavy amount in building such devices. But, how do they
work? Best example of wearable is Fitbits:
Fitbit
The Fitbit tracks your
steps, floors climbed, burned calories , and sleep quality. The Fitbit also
wirelessly syncs with your computers and smartphones in order to transmit your
fitness information in understandable
charts to monitor your fitness progress.
Amazon
Echo
The Amazon Echo works with its voice assistant, Alexa, which
user ask for a specific function to perform only by speakin to Alexa. Users can
tell Alexa to play music, provide a weather report, get sports scores, order an
Uber, and many more.
