Internet of Things (Welcome to the new ecosystem)

IOT stands for Internet of things. To get familiar with IOT one should be aware about era of M-2-M (i.e.) when two or more machines are communicating to each other directly to achieve a common task eg. Cars, Soft Drinks production houses etc. IOT may also be defined as interconnection of devices over the network  & they are  communicating to each other. The need of IOT arises so that intelligent objects may be auto organised, they may  share information, data & resources etc. IOT may help you in day to day activity like:

         ·        If you forget to lock the door.
         ·        If anybody forgets to take medicine on time.
         ·        If someone is unable to locate car in parking.
         ·        Smart Fans, Televisions etc.

Basic building blocks of IOT are as follows:

·        Devices

·        Connectivity

·        Application Enablement Platforms

·        Protocols

Sensing & Acting Devices:

 ·        Sensors

·        Actuators

Connectivity through cloud:

·         Device Level from all Sensors.

·         Hub Level from the gateway to the internet cloud.

·         Cloud level from the system.

·         Application Level.

Communication Patterns:

·         Telemetry

·         Inquiries

·         Commands

·         Notification

Smart Use Cases:

·         Smart Agriculture

·         Smart Healthcare

·         Smart City

·         Smart Home

Sensors play a very important role just to exemplify IOT for Kids is not new we all are already

using it as if you see a hot coffee mug ,suppose accidentally a kid touches it and feels the

sensation then this sensation is stored in the brain .This process in which sense organs and brain

plays a vital role as you can see what impact it puts on a kids brain and next time if he/she see’s

the  hot coffee mugs what does he/she remember as per sensor’s.

Similarly many Man-Made sensor technology based on IOT devices are available for Kids:

·         Wrist phone

·         GPS Watch

·         Smart Locator

·         Ubooly: The connected toy that helps kids learn.

·         Talkies: A new Way to chat with kids.

·         Smart thermometer

·         Smart Kids Weighing machine.

·         Smart baby monitor.

Courtesy: Ms. Neetu Singh (Faculty, IMS Noida)