No Doubt you have heard the term ‘IoT’ at any point of time in your life from an article or from your daily surroundings. The term is expansive and can add up to a mind-boggling huge data.
The very thing we need to know first is what is IoT. If you are unfamiliar with the term IoT then let me make it clear to you within the next couple of minutes with a very few simple examples. Just look at the smartwatch that you let on your hand or look upon the medical equipment and sensors that has changed the scenario in the healthcare industry. Indeed, your daily buddy Smart phone or a Smart television or a gaming animation is a part of the IoT that is operating at the backend to convey you much customized understanding. What an essential use of IoT in real life! Isn’t it?
Specifically, the IoT speaks about the billions of devices which are inter – connected to the internet and bit by bit sharing data around the world. You may be thinking what type of devices? Every little thing around you, starting from your smart-watch to cooler to the car in your parking space. IoT is all over the place and is quietly changing the techniques in which things have been working.
Within realm of possibility there are many great applications of the IoT, passing virtually through all space of our everyday life existence and society. The applications of IoT covers up through ‘Smart’ background sphere including Building, City, Agriculture, Healthcare, Transportation, Supply Chain, Emergency, Culture and at last of all the whole Environment.
Below are some of the IOT applications:
1. IoSl (Internet of smart living)
(a) Smart Home Appliances:
At present there are Refrigerators available with LCD screen which helps us by telling what’s inside. It will also notify you about the ingredients you need to purchase and can also know about the food that’s about to expire and with all the data accessible on a Smartphone application. Then talking about the Washing machines that assists by letting you to monitor the laundry wherever you are at any time.
(b) Remote Control Appliances:
You can remotely control your gadgets switching On/Off buttons to preserve energy and skip out from accidents.
(c) Safety Monitoring:
IoT has gone to incredible use in everyday life at the house by making individuals safe in view of cameras and home alert systems at home.
2. IoSC (Internet of smart cities):
(a) Transportation:
Smart Roads and Intelligent High-ways are gift of IoT which helps us with warning
messages and directions while we are plying on the road dealing with the climate conditions and
unpredicted occurrences like accidents or traffic jams.
(b) Smart Parking:
In many cities you may have seen Smart parking which deals with the Real-time monitoring of parking spots and guides you if any there is any available free parking spaces in the city and ready to make you aware easily and save time.
(c) Lightning:
Smart Lightning makes your city more smarter and more comfortable to live. These lights are Intelligent and climate flexible. The lights consist of sensors that observes movement and can also turn down itself when no one is around to pile up energy.
(d) Waste Management:
Recognition of waste levels in compartments to straighten out the garbage collection address so that people can recognize easily. There are also some trash jars and recycle bin with RFID labels which permit the sanitation staff to see when trash has been put out.
3. IoSA (internet of smart agriculture):
(a) Green Houses:
With the help of IoT you can control micro-climate conditions to amplify the manufacturing of fruits and vegetables and its quality in Green House.
(b) Animal Farming/Tracking:
IoT can let you help with the check over of ventilation and air quality in farms and tracking down of toxic gases from waste matter. You can also access the location and can identify your animals grazing in open fields or putted up in big stables.
(c ) Field Monitoring:
You be able to turn down the spoilage and crop waste with the help of better monitoring and accurate checking on data through IoT devices. Caring of the agriculture fields includes better control of fertilizing, electricity and watering which you will be able to access easily by IoT remotely.
4. IoSH (Internet of smart health):
(a) Medical Fridges:
You can supervise the conditions inside freezers by putting away antibodies, drugs and natural components in them and store them for a long them and use for future betterment.
(b) Fall Detection:
IoT is a gift for older or handicapped people who are living independently. Such as IoT Braille system and walkers and crutches.
(c) Dental:
Bluetooth associated toothbrush with Smartphone application dissects the brushing uses and gives data on the brushing propensities on the Smartphone for private data or for demonstrating measurements to the dental specialist.
(d) Physical Activity Monitoring:
Now a day there is wireless and remote sensors available which is placed across the bedding of the patient which can sense every little movements like breathing and pulse.
At last you can see that the application field of IoT is very different and at large. IoT applications serve different users at different way according to their different lively needs.
2020 – No matter what shape it is going to take because of the outbreak of COVID-19 for each space and the worldwide economy but it has totally shuffled the direction of everything this year. However, have you imagined what will turn up once the smoke frees up? In the upcoming days with social distancing, IoT will scale up and will have an advancement moment. Everyday life will be obsessed by the different IoT gadgets ecosystem including Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant. To the greater extent The IoT will play an important game in how we live and run our life.