Introduction to Internet of things (IoT)

 

What Is IoT?

The Internet of Things (IoT) describes the network of physical objects—“things”—that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the internet. These devices range from ordinary household objects to sophisticated industrial tools. With more than 7 billion connected IoT devices today, experts are expecting this number to grow to 10 billion by 2020 and 22 billion by 2025. Oracle has a network of device partners.


What is IoT?

Don’t think so? Well, here’s a thought.

Imagine an intelligent device such as a traffic camera. The camera can monitor the streets for traffic congestion, accidents, weather conditions, and communicate this data to a common gateway. This gateway also receives data from other such cameras and relays the information further to a city-wide traffic monitoring system.


Now, take, for instance, the Municipal Corporation decides to repair a certain road. This may cause traffic congestion on the way to a national highway. This insight is sent to the city-wide traffic monitoring system.

Now, considering this is a smart traffic system, it quickly learns and predicts patterns in traffic, with the use of Machine Learning. The smart system can, thus, analyze the situation, predict its impact and relay the information to other cities that connect to the same highway via their own respective smart systems.

The Traffic Management System can analyze data acquired and derive routes around the project to avoid bottlenecks. The system could also convey live instructions to drivers through smart devices and radio channels. Meanwhile, the city schools and workplaces near the project could also be called to adjust their schedules.


This creates a network of self-dependent systems which leverage real-time control. This is just one example of IoT Applications.

But, what is IoT?

IoT is essentially a platform where embedded devices are connected to the internet, so they can collect and exchange data with each other. It enables devices to interact, collaborate and, learn from each other’s experiences just like humans do.

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