Internet of things - Economy of Billions of Dollars
A revolution has occurred in the world of technology. As a result of this technology, cups of tea will talk among themselves, and plants in the flowerpots will transmit their messages. If you think it ridiculous, let's discuss a scene you may feel is a scene of a science fiction movie, but it has become a reality.
a. One morning, your door is knocked, and when you open it, you find a delivery boy who has brought eggs and says your refrigerator has messaged that the eggs have been finished.
b. A text message appears on your phone's screen in which a flowering plant cries for water due to thirst.
c. When you finish your coffee and put the cup on the table, a message appears on the cup in which you are asked, would you like to have another cup of coffee?
This new emerging scenario is known as the Internet of Things (IoT) in which the internet will be infused into every non-living thing of your home to enliven them.
Growth of the Internet of Things (IoT)
House of Engineer Alex Hawkins is a unique house situated in the city of Great Falls in America. There are hundreds of electronic devices installed in his house which help the family in the daily household. These electronic devices are interconnected via a computer network. These devices are seemed everywhere, on the windows, doors, walls, and even on the roofs of the rooms. These small devices continuously remain connected with each other with the help of networking and communicating messages.
Such coffee cups exist in the house of Alex Hawkins which talk to the alarm clock. There is a thermostat that gives directions to the motion sensors. There are small machines installed in the house in which life though artificial is running. This scenario shows that a new revolution in human life has taken place. This has become possible due to the invention of a wireless system, Wi-Fi, and smartphones. Hence such a close union between machines and human beings has been seen for the first time in history.
Keeping view the fastest development in this sector, experts have estimated that one trillion network devices in the world will be giving services by 2025. Take just one example of an American Company, General Electric. This company has made its work easy with the help of sensors and small devices in fifty different projects. This includes projects like water mills, railway engines, and Modern Mount Sinai Medical Center New York. Sensors installed in the hospital beds inform the administration about the health of patients as well as about the empty beds.
According to experts, the internet of things will dominate the world, especially the western countries. In the west, millions of small devices will make life easygoing. Definitely, devices connected to the internet will be facing threats from viruses and hackers but strong security systems will make these threats fail to accomplish.
Another Real Scenario
Apparently, there is nothing unique in the house of Tam Courts in San Francisco but there are sensors in the mud of flowerpots that keep eye on the humidity of the plants and message about variations in it on the internet. Not just this but every room of his house has sensors that note the people coming or going out. Every important domestic thing connected with the internet tweets. Hence non-living things have become living things. One thing that is common in these things is that they are connected to the internet or domestic networking.
Tam Courts is happy that his house is not lifeless but it is a sensible location. The heater, AC, or fan automatically switches on when you enter the room. The lights turn off on auto when steps are removed from the stairs. All the things use wi-fi, blue tooth, Zigbee network, etc as per their need.
The Internet of Things has also brought a revolution in the world of medicine. Now such sensors are installed in the bodies of patients which issue news about every second on the internet that can be seen by experts and doctors and they can act accordingly.
There are some questions related to the wonders of technology that must be answered. Will we be able to control the flood of this information? Electric supply is an issue to be provided for these devices. Can these devices affect our privacy? The American thinker Norman Peale once said, "change your thinking and change the world". Looking at the Internet of Things, the arrival of these small semi-automatic devices has really changed our world.