Internet of Things
It’s all started back in
1960’s when internet started to get in shape. Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was one of the
world's first operational packet switching networks, the first network to
implement TCP/IP, and one of the progenitors of what was to become the global
Internet. The World Wide Web
("WWW" or simply the "Web") is a global information
medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet.
Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee best
known as the inventor of the World Wide Web in early 1990’s.
Internet continue to
evolve, today it is mainly used for communication between 2 humans or also
known as H2H (Human to human communication). It currently dominated by emails,
chat services, various messengers, websites, shopping portals, entertainment
websites. Today there are billions of devices that are connected to internet
processing more than petabytes of data. So important thing is how much is
internet size? Few years of ago we were describing hard drive size of Megabytes
and Gigabytes. Its not so distant future that Terabyte is used frequently.
To give idea
· 1 Bit = Binary Digit
· 8 Bits = 1 Byte
· 1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobyte
· 1024 Kilobytes = 1
Megabyte
· 1024 Megabytes = 1
Gigabyte
· 1024 Gigabytes = 1
Terabyte
· 1024 Terabytes = 1
Petabyte
· 1024 Petabytes = 1
Exabyte
· 1024 Exabytes = 1
Zettabyte
· 1024 Zettabytes = 1
Yottabyte
· 1024 Yottabytes = 1
Brontobyte
· 1024 Brontobytes = 1
Geopbyte
It’s said that Google search
engines processes approximately 20 petabyte of data requests every day!!!!
What is Internet of Things?
What is Internet of
Things? Is it visible? How it looks? Who owns it?
Answer is no one really
knows for now….
Stephen Hawking to remind
us that artificial intelligence might just evolve a little quicker than we're
prone to. The result could be the end of our evolution and, indeed, the end of
us. Is it Terminator from Skynet? Skynet was a fictional self-aware artificial
intelligence system which features centrally in the Terminator franchise movie and
serves as the franchise's main antagonist. Skynet's operations are almost
exclusively performed by war-machines, cyborgs (usually a Terminator), and
other computer systems, with the goal of exterminating the human race.
(Image Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator#mediaviewer/File:Terminator1984movieposter.jpg
)
Kevin Ashton is known for
inventing the term "the Internet of
Things" to describe a system where the Internet is connected to the
physical world via ubiquitous sensors.
Currently there are
billions of devices connected to each other via internet (More connected
devices than people). Main goal of Internet of Things (IoT) is using existing
internet infrastructure to have machines communicate with another machine
without human intervention and provide amazing results benefiting human.
Take an example of H2H (Human
– Human) interaction in real world. Typical conversation happens when they know
- Other person’s Name
- They speak common language
- They listen to other person and then reply
back after processing data (even gossip J ).
Similarly IoT devices will
communicate with each other effectively when they know
- Other Device Name ( IP Address – Ipv6 , RFID)
- They speak common language ( Listen via sensors )
- They listen to other device and process that
data and send it further to another machine or human.
In order to process such
huge data such IoT devices will need to use Big Data (e.g. Hadoop).
Examples of IoT are
endless, example would be simple medicine consumed by patient which will report
all results digitally to doctors directly, allowing doctor to take care of
patient efficiently.
Various fields that will
be beneficiated from IoT are
·
Healthcare
o Drug usage tracking, giving accurate and real time
data of patient, allowing doctors to give emergency treatment faster and
accurate.
·
Energy
Consumption and monitoring
o Energy resources will be monitored by devices for
effective use
·
Smart City
·
Disaster
Management
·
Industrial
Automation
·
Smart Home
·
Food Industry
o Control food quality , overproduction , wastage
o Automatic nutrition control
Various IoT applications
which are currently live or in production
Ninja
Blocks are tiny cloud enabled computers that can sense their environment by
receiving input from a variety of sensors & can affect their surroundings
by controlling lights, power sockets, and other actuators. Various examples of
IoT based on ninjablocks
- turn on the lights & heater when we get
home
- get an alert when the washing is done
- know when washing is done
- upload a photo to dropbox when someone is in your
room
- remotely turn home stuff on and off
- Vehicle
Industry
IoT
will be very useful in vehicles, when they become increasingly connected,
becoming self-aware, autonomous. Helping to reduce road accidents and making
travel more secure.
Waze
is a GPS-based geographical navigation application program for smartphones with
GPS support and display screens which provides turn-by-turn information and user-submitted
travel times and route details, downloading location-dependent information over
the mobile telephone network. It was developed by the Israeli start-up Waze
Mobile, which was acquired by Google in 2013.
Waze
differs from traditional GPS navigation software as it is a community-driven
application which gathers some complementary map data and other traffic
information from users. It provides real time traffic update based on data
captured from other users. Provide nearest petrol pump etc.
Nest
Labs is a home automation company headquartered in Palo Alto , California
There
are over 1 billion cars on the road today. We rely on our cars for so many
things in our lives, but right now the connection between them and the other
mobile technology in our lives isn't always seamless. The Open Automotive
Alliance is a group of leading automakers and technology companies that share a
vision for making technology in the car safer, more seamless and more intuitive
for everyone
Voyce
provides wearable technology that bridges the communication gap between dogs,
their owners. Three-part approach of Discover, Learn, and Share gives
unprecedented insight into dog’s health and wellbeing, information and tools
for dog and ability to share with veterinarian and social networks
Concerns
There
is so much data available publically via IoT. There are lot of concerns that
needs to be taken care before making such products publically available
- Security
, Privacy
How
you handle security and privacy of people from illegal access to this devices.
Intruder can find a loophole into system and can misuse this data.
- Environmental
Usage
Current
devices consume so much energy, affecting environment. With addition of new
devices which needs to be using solar energy and not to increase pollution
- IoT is currently not governed by any country
or any standards. A strict standard needs to be in place to avoid any
major disaster
Benefits
Benefits
of IoT are limitless, from safety of human to automation of critical jobs to
advance technology in medicine. IoT is going to help humans achieve things that
were seen impossible by humans earlier. IoT is going to create a multi billion
dollor business, creating more job opportunities. A better control and
governance is required for implementation of IoT. Only time will tell how IoT
is going to shape 21st century.
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Image Credits
Wikipedia.org,
ninjablocks.com, google nest, google waze, tomfishburne.com