Internet of Things (IoT)

TOPICS
What is Internet of Things?
How IoT Works?
Current Status & Future Prospect of IoT
Knowledge Management – From Data to Wisdom
The Future of IoT
The Potential of IoT
Few Applications of IoT
Technological Challenges of IoT
Criticisms & Controversies of IoT
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References
 WHAT IS IOT?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or
"things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network
connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange
data.

IoT allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across

existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more
direct integration between the physical world and computer-based
systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and
economic benefit. 3
 "Things," in the IoT sense, can refer to a wide variety of
devices such as heart monitoring implants, biochip
transponders on farm animals, electric clams in coastal waters,
automobiles with built-in sensors, DNA analysis devices for
environmental/food/pathogen monitoring or field operation
devices that assist fire-fighters in search and rescue operations.

These devices collect useful data with the help of various

existing technologies and then autonomously flow the data
between other devices.
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 HISTORY OF IOT
The concept of the Internet of Things first became popular in
1999, through the Auto-ID Center at MIT and related market-
analysis publications. R

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) was seen as a prerequisite

for the IoT at that point. If all objects and people in daily life were
equipped with identifiers, computers could manage and inventory
them. Besides using RFID, the tagging of things may be achieved
through such technologies as near field communication, barcodes,
QR codes, bluetooth, and digital watermarking. 5
 HOW IOT WORKS?
Internet of Things is not the result of a single novel technology;
instead, several complementary technical developments provide
capabilities that taken together help to bridge the gap between the
virtual and physical world. These capabilities include:
Communication and cooperation
Addressability
Identification
Sensing
Actuation
Embedded information processing
Localization 6
User interfaces
 How IoT Works?

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 THE STRUCTURE OF IOT
The IoT can be viewed as a gigantic network consisting of
networks of devices and computers connected through a series of
intermediate technologies where numerous technologies like RFIDs,
wireless connections may act as enablers of this connectivity.

Tagging Things : Real-time item traceability and addressability by RFIDs.

Feeling Things : Sensors act as primary devices to collect data from the
environment.
Shrinking Things : Miniaturization and Nanotechnology has provoked the
ability of smaller things to interact and connect within the “things” or “smart
devices.”
Thinking Things : Embedded intelligence in devices through sensors has
formed the network connection to the Internet. It can make the “things”
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realizing the intelligent control.
CURRENT STATUS & FUTURE PROSPECT OF IOT

“Change is the only thing permanent in this world”

 IOT AS A NETWORK OF NETWORKS:

These networks connected with added security, analytics, and

management capabilities. This will allow IoT to become even
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more powerful in what it can help people achieve.

 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT –
TURNING DATA INTO WISDOM

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The more data that is created, the better understanding and
wisdom people can obtain.
 THE FUTURE OF IOT

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"The Sky's not the limit. It's only the beginning with IoT."
 THE POTENTIAL OF IOT

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GE’s estimates on potential of just ONE percent savings applied
using IoT across global industry sectors.
UNLOCK THE MASSIVE POTENTIAL OF IOT

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TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP OF IOT

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 APPLICATIONS OF IOT

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"The Ultimate Goal of IOT is to Automate Human Life."

 FEW APPLICATIONS OF IOT
Building and Home automation
Manufacturing
Medical and Healthcare systems
Media
Environmental monitoring
Infrastructure management
Energy management
Transportation
Better quality of life for elderly
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You name it, and you will have it in IoT!

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SENSORS IN EVEN THE HOLY COW!

In the world of IoT, even the cows will be connected and monitored.
Sensors are implanted in the ears of cattle. This allows farmers to
monitor cows’ health and track their movements, ensuring a healthier,
more plentiful supply of milk and meat for people to consume.21 On
average, each cow generates about 200 MB of information per year.
Of course, we know nothing remains static, especially when it comes to
the Internet. Initiatives and advances, such as Cisco‘s Planetary Skin,
GE’s Industrial Internet, HP‘s central nervous system for the earth
(CeNSE), and smart dust, have the potential to add millions—even
billions—of sensors to the Internet.
As cows, water pipes, people, and even shoes, trees, and animals become
connected to IoT, the world has the potential to become a better place.
“With a trillion sensors embedded in the environment—all connected by
computing systems, software, and services—it will be possible to hear
the heartbeat of the Earth, impacting human interaction with the globe as
profoundly as the Internet has revolutionized communication.” - Peter
Hartwell, Senior Researcher, HP Labs.

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“How much more IoT can do is only left to your imagination”

 Internet of Things is the next stage of the information
revolution and referenced the inter-connectivity of everything
from urban transport to medical devices to household
appliances.
Integration with the Internet implies that devices will use an
IP address as a unique identifier. However, due to the limited
address space of IPv4 (which allows for 4.3 billion unique
addresses), objects in the IoT will have to use IPv6 to
accommodate the extremely large address space required.
Objects in the IoT will not only be devices with sensory
capabilities, but also provide actuation capabilities (e.g., bulbs
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 On the other hand, IoT systems could also be responsible for
performing actions, not just sensing things. Intelligent shopping
systems, for example, could monitor specific users' purchasing
habits in a store by tracking their specific mobile phones. These
users could then be provided with special offers on their
favourite products, or even location of items that they need,
which their fridge has automatically conveyed to the phone.

Additional examples of sensing and actuating are reflected in

applications that deal with heat, electricity and energy
management, as well as cruise-assisting transportation systems.
Other applications that the Internet of Things can provide 24
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enabling extended home security features and home automation.
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IoT helps you in LIFE LOGGING

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 TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES
OF IOT
At present IoT is faced with many challenges, such as:
 Scalability
 Technological Standardization
 Inter operability
 Discovery
 Software complexity
 Data volumes and interpretation
 Power Supply
 Interaction and short range communication
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 Fault tolerance
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CRITICISMS AND CONTROVERSIES
OF IOT
Scholars and social observers and pessimists have doubts about the
promises of the ubiquitous computing revolution, in the areas as:

 Privacy
 Security
 Autonomy and Control
 Social control
 Political manipulation
 Design
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 Influences human moral decision making

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 REFERENCES
1. www.google.com
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things
3. Cisco whitepaper, "The Internet of Things" - How the Next Evolution
of the Internet Is Changing Everything, by Dave Evans, April 2011.

4. GE cloud expo 2014, "Industrial Internet as a Service", by Shyam

Varan Nath, Principal Architect.

5. Dr. Mazlan Abbas, MIMOS Berhad, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya

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