Business Intelligence for the Internet of Things (IOT)

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Today we will discuss about IoT.

Author: Vanaja Marín

I.              What is the IOT?

The Internet of Things is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

https://solutionsreview.com/wireless-network/wireless-iot-preparing-your-wireless-network-for-the-internet-of-things/

Its concept of a network of a smart device started in 1982, with a Coke vending machine, which was able to report its inventory and if the drinks were cold or not.

Now, its term was stated not much later in 1999, as “the internet of things”, although Kevin Ashton (the term’s creator) preferred the phrase “Internet for things”.

There are others companies that stated the internet of things started in 2008/2009, as “simply the point in time when more 'things or objects' were connected to the Internet than people".

II.            Applications

Where can we apply IOT? Well, the application of IOT is extensive and we can divide it by:

Consumer applications

There’s a lot of devices created and used for consumer use, such as vehicles, home automation, connected health.

· Smart home. Smart home devices include lightning, heating and air conditioning, besides media and security systems.

· Elder care. A key application of a smart home is to assistance for those with disabilities and elderly individuals. These home systems use assistive technology to accommodate an owner's specific disabilities. These people can use voice control for assistance to help them cope with their sight and mobility limitations.

                                               

Commercial Applications

· Medical and healthcare. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), is an application of the IoT for medical and health related purposes, data collection and analysis for research, and monitoring. IoT devices can be used to enable remote health monitoring and emergency notification systems.

These health monitoring devices can range from blood pressure and heart rate monitors to advanced devices capable of monitoring specialised implants, such as pacemakers, Fitbit electronic wristbands, or advanced hearing aids.

· Transportation. The IoT can assist in the integration of communications, control, and information processing across various transportation systems. Application of the IoT extends to all aspects of transportation systems.

· Building and home automation. IoT devices can be used to monitor and control the mechanical, electrical and electronic systems used in various types of buildings.

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Industrial applications

Industrial IoT devices acquire and analyse data from connected equipment, (OT) operational technology, locations and people. Combined with operational technology (OT) monitoring devices, IIOT helps regulate and monitor industrial systems.

· Manufacturing. The IoT can realize the seamless integration of various manufacturing devices equipped with sensing, identification, processing, communication, actuation, and networking capabilities.

· Agriculture. There are numerous IoT applications in farming, such as collecting data on temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind speed, pest infestation, and soil content. This data can be used to automate farming techniques, take informed decisions to improve quality and quantity, minimize risk and waste, and reduce effort required to manage crops.

· Infrastructure Applications. Monitoring and controlling operations of sustainable urban and rural infrastructures like bridges, railway tracks and on- and offshore wind-farms is a key application of the IoT.[62] The IoT infrastructure can be used for monitoring any events or changes in structural conditions that can compromise safety and increase risk. The IoT can benefit the construction industry by cost saving, time reduction, better quality workday, paperless workflow and increase in productivity

· Metropolitan scale deployments. There are several planned or ongoing large-scale deployments of the IoT, to enable better management of cities and systems.

· Energy Management. Significant numbers of energy-consuming devices already integrate Internet connectivity, which can allow them to communicate with utilities to balance power generation and energy usage and optimize energy consumption as a whole.

· Environmental monitoring. Environmental monitoring applications of the IoT typically use sensors to assist in environmental protection by monitoring air or water quality, atmospheric or soil conditions, and can even include areas like monitoring the movements of wildlife and their habitats.

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Military Applications

The Internet of Military Things (IoMT) is a term that describes the application of IoT technologies in the military domain for the purposes of reconnaissance, surveillance, and other combat-related objectives.

                                                             http://tblog.trident-sff.com/internet-of-thingsiot-for-military-and-aerospace/

Space Considerations

In the Internet of things, the precise geographic location of a thing—and also the precise geographic dimensions of a thing—will be critical. Therefore, facts about a thing, such as its location in time and space, have been less critical to track because the person processing the information can decide whether or not that information was important to the action being taken, and if so, add the missing information (or decide to not take the action). Some things in the Internet of things will be sensors, and sensor location is usually important.

References

Burgess, M. (16 de 2 de 2018). Wired . Obtenido de https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-of-things-what-is-explained-iot

Hein, D. (20 de 6 de 2019). Solutions Review. Obtenido de https://solutionsreview.com/wireless-network/wireless-iot-preparing-your-wireless-network-for-the-internet-of-things/

Wikipedia. (3 de 11 de 2019). Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Obtenido de https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/internet_of_things