This is the second part of IoT An Introduction article, for detail please go to the first part
http://mycloudplace.com/iot-an-introduction-part-1/
The IoT can change much about the world we live in from how we make purchases online, how we get gas or electricity for our homes and the way how we travel and drive, as mentioned different types of sensors can be embedded in the physical things that are around useach transmitting data, this data can let us better understand how this things works and work together, but how these devices can share this Big Data and how can we put this Big Data to work?
Whether we are improving the production of factories, recommending products online to the customer to purchase or giving city real time data on where to park our vehicle or monitoring our personal health, its common IoT platform that brings us diverse information together and provides the common language for the devices and apps to communicates with each other.
This process starts from the devises which communicates securely with the IoT platform, this platform integrates the data from many devices and applies analytics to share the most valuable data with applications that address industry specific needs.
Examples of IoT are differentiates on the basis of its applications, there are many example like
- Home Automation
- Intelligent traffic system
- Smart Health care
- Industrial Automation
- Smart city
One example scenario can be a most common means for transport A CAR.
After taking a long road trip if you notice that your check engine light switches on, by then you know that you need to have your car gets a service from a mechanic, but you are not sure if that problem is something minor or major and needs immediate check. The sensor in car that triggered your check engine light monitors the pressure in the brake line, this sensor is one of the many monitoring sensors in the car which are continuously communicating with each other.
A component in a car called as the diagnostic bus collects this data from sensors then passes it to a gateway in the car, the gateway integrates and consolidate the data from the sensors, this way only the relevant diagnostic information will be transmitted to the cars manufacturers platform,this manufacturers platform and the cars gateway should have a secure communication before sending any data. This platform can continuously gather and store lot of data from hundreds of thousands of cars from the same manufacturer, building historical record in a secure database. The manufacturers should add rules and logic to the platform, so that when a car sends signals that brake fluid has dropped below recommended level the platform triggers an alert in car, the manufacturer can also use the platform to create and manage applications that solves specific issues in other cars . In above scenario the manufacturer can deploy an application on the platform called the asset management system, this application can monitor all of their customer’s cars on the road as well as all the parts in the warehouses.
It can use data from your car to offer you a potential appointment time to service check, directions to nearest certified dealer and discount coupon for the service and that app with ensure that your brakes are covered under warranty, that the correct replacement part is ordered and then sent to the dealership so it is ready when you arrives there. But the manufacturer’s analysis does not stops there, they have also deployed a continuous engineering application that tracks hundreds of thousands of cars looking for ways to improve the design and manufacturing process of the car itself. If the same problem in your brake line pops up in a critical number of other cars, the manufacturer uses apps custom built for the automobile industry to pin point the exact problem, they can see if these cars were made at the same factory, used the same parts or came off the assembly line on the same day. So how this could be beneficial?
Streamlined inventory management for the dealer, a better safer car from manufacturer, and for customer they can be on road safely all thanks to IoT.
Few benefits can be mentioned as,It increases ease and efficiency in the world, connected devices can share data quickly and operate according to that data, it also increases our knowledge, this concept also urges where we can need for new innovative and creative devices which can also be solutions for current problems. It can improves convenience, comfort, efficiency and security,
With every new technology it comes some disadvantages,the connectivity of so many different devices there is higher risk of security threats, this along with who the data from devices are being monitored can bring up concerns about privacy, in addition more data is produced and shared so another concern would be the need for more resources to organize and maintain all of this data
If all these smart devices are connected to each other this would create a city as smart city and if this idea is implemented all over the global then we would be living in smart world
This technology sounds great for the consumer but probably the big money can be made on larger scale projects. Smarts buildings, Smart cities and Internet of Things enabled businesses are the large contracts are to be focused. Whole infrastructures enabled for IoT or end to end business processes using IoT in every step. Everything from train’s cars to trains, from parcels to production lines can be built to use IoT. The initial investment will be high for businesses, however benefits will likely save money in long term.
The IoT revolution started and there is going to be lot of advancement over coming years, it would be interesting to be the part of its journey until we reach seamless IoT experience, on the way we can see great innovations coming from surprising sources.
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