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IoT – Internet of Things
Source: Diário de TI
In the globalized world we live in, new technological concepts are emerging quickly and we need to be aware of these changes. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a buzzword that everyone is talking about. But what does it mean?
What is the Internet of Things?
The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) began to be developed in 1999 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). When that research started, the computer was the only device that had access to the internet. Currently, cell phones, tablets, TVs have this access, in addition to objects such as watches, cars and refrigerators. Through networks and systems, devices, our routines are shared, generating data that aim to help our daily lives.
The Internet of Things refers to the digital interconnection of everyday objects with the internet. It is a network of physical objects that are capable of gathering and transmitting data. It is an extension of the current internet that allows everyday objects to have computational and communication capacity, through Internet access, enabling remote control and monitoring of these objects. These new capabilities are endowed with benefits and harms, each one listed according to the intensity and form of use of these resources.
Examples of the Internet of Things
– Smart cars: increasingly autonomous vehicles, thanks to IoT. With technology, they can communicate with a mobile device and exchange data, optimizing commute time and generate more safety in driving.
– Automation in retail: automation of the retail business, such as monitoring the times of greatest flow of customers for managing people in a certain sector, determining the target audience, age group, among other aspects.
– Industrial sensors: This is one of the main development of Industry 4.0. It occurs through the modernization of systems, through the implantation of sensors in machines, making the manufacturing process increasingly intelligent and autonomous, with the machine being able to manage its own activities. The data generated in these systems are normally sent to the management system for analysis of production performance.
– Smartwatch: optimizes and extends cell phone functions. It has systems such as monitoring heart rate and documenting of physical activities.
– Smart homes: enables the control and monitoring of objects in smart homes. Communication takes place through electronics communicate with a smartphone to allow the user to manage environments in the palm of their hand. Examples are intelligent refrigerators, the automation of automated shopping, television and lighting systems.
– Smart thermostats: accessories that measure the temperature of an environment, working with the regulation of devices such as air conditioning or heaters, adapting the equipment to people’s routine and the reality of the environment in which they were installed.
– Smart cities: a wide application of digital technologies to improve a population’s way of life. An example of this occurs in Barcelona, where the waste collection system is fully automated and works under a vacuum, with a system interconnecting the dumps through an underground network.
– IoT in healthcare: provision of devices that connect and share patient and research data, facilitating and optimizing the delivery and receipt time for diagnoses.
English Vocabulary to Know about IoT
1) Emerging : starting to exist.
2) Acronym: an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word.
3) Network: a large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together to allow movement or communication between or along the parts, or between the parts and a control centre.
4) Systems: a set of connected things or devices that operate together.
5) Devices: an object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose.
6) Shared: owned, divided, felt, or experienced by more than one person.
7) Interconnection: connection with other things that are related to each other.
8) Transmitting: to broadcast something, or to send out or carry signals or messages using radio, television, etc.
9) Monitoring: observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review.
10) Resource: a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, or person.
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