Internet of Things: Applications and Impact

INTERNET OF THINGS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
10 Internet of Things devices ....................................................................................................1
Issues of IoT................................................................................................................................3
Potential solution of these issues of IoT.....................................................................................5
Layout of IoT devices present at home ......................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX......................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
IoT (Internet of Things ) can be defined as a system of interconnected computing devices,
objects, digital machines and people or animal that are given with unique identifiers and the
capability of transferring data over a network (Hwang, Dongarra and Fox, 2013). This does not
require any human to computer or human to human interaction. A thing could be a vehicle that
consists of built-in sensors for alerting the driver when pressure of tire is low, a person having
heart monitor implant, a farm animal consisting of a bio chip transponder or various other
artificial or natural object that are assigned with an IP address and has an ability of transferring
information over network. The present report is based on the Internet of Things whereby uses of
IoT are explained.
10 Internet of Things devices
There are a lot of IoT devices present in this era. Some of the important one are described
as below:
 Activity tracker: It is also known as fitness tracker. It is an application that monitors and
tracks metrics related to fitness like distance covered while walking, consumption of
calorie and in some cases, it tells about the heart beat and also determines the quality of
sleep. This term is now mainly used for smart watches that are synchronized, in most
cases wirelessly, to a smart phone or computer for tracking data for long term.
 Ismart Alarm: It is a do-it-yourself (DIY) smart home security that is controlled by the
help of a user's smartphone. This system uses a hub attached to a router of home and
allows users to control the home safety and automation devices present in home including
multiple wireless devices (Kopetz, 2011). People can arm and un-arm their system and
can achieve a push notification, email, call or text message in the case if system is
triggered. This system can be used as a solution for self-monitoring without any monthly
fee and contracts in comparison to conventional monitored system such as Vivint or
ADT.
 Internet refrigerator: It is also known as Smart refrigerator. It has been programmed for
sensing what types of products are present inside it or stored in it. It also keeps track of
the stock via RFID scanning or through barcode. Such type of refrigerator is frequently
equipped for determining itself in the case a food item requires to be replenished.
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 Smart TV: It is also known as connected TV or hybrid TV. It is a set of television that
consists of integrated Web 2.0 features. It has technological convergence among
computers, set-top boxes and flat screen television sets (Medaglia and Serbanati, 2010).
Such devices provide online interactive media, home networking access, internet TV, on
demand streaming media and OTT (over- the- top content). In these television, operating
system is available via the set top box. Applications get preloaded into device or installed
on the demand of users through an online app store in the same way apps are installed or
updated in smartphones.
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(Source: What Does a Smart TV do That Normal TVs Can’t?, 2017)