What is Internet of Things or IoT?

What Is Internet Of Things Or IoT?

What is Internet of Things or IoT?

Internet of Things is abbreviated as IoT. There is a lot of discussion about this now. Many say that the 'Internet of Things' or IoT can change everything in our daily life.

Internet of things will control many tasks from shopping to going somewhere or keeping track of goods in stores. But what is this 'Internet of Things'? How does IoT work? And how important is it really?

What Is Internet Of Things?

In short, the Internet of Things is an idea. The idea is to connect any type of device to the internet and other devices.

In other words, IoT is a huge network made up of people and devices at the same time. Devices included in this network will collect data among themselves, share and manipulate this data according to environmental conditions.

That means any type of electronic device can be connected to IoT. At least devices that can be switched on and off can be connected to IoT. For example, IoT-connected smart microwave ovens can automatically determine how long the device needs to heat a food. This could also include 'self-driving cars', which understand where the road is without a driver. In addition, it may also include fitness devices, which will calculate the user's heart rate or walking distance throughout the day and how much exercise he should do.

Even football is now using IoT. Sensors in football measure how fast the ball is kicked or how far the ball travels. Then the records of these data are being kept for use in the training of the players.

How IoT Works

Data is primarily collected from the built-in sensors of devices connected to the Internet of Things. Thus the data collected from different devices is shared on the IoT platform. Data analysis is then used to determine which data is most important.

These powerful IoT platforms understand which data or information is more important and which can be omitted. Patterns are identified with the information collected in this way, so that necessary measures can be taken before any crisis occurs.

For example, let's say you have a car manufacturing company. Now you want to know which car parts are more popular. Maybe it's a car seat or wheel rim. Here's how you can leverage the Internet of Things:

• You can see where the showroom is most crowded or where customers spend most of their time

• From the sales data you can see which parts are selling more

• Can adjust supply chain according to sales data, so that high-selling items do not run out of stock

In this way, using data from IoT-connected devices, you can make the right decisions about what products to stock. And you won't need much time to decide. As a result, you will save both time and money.

By using the more modern analytics of IoT, it will be possible to do various types of business more efficiently. For example, many tasks can be automated with many types of smart objects or systems. Especially tasks that are monotonous, repetitive or time-consuming can be done easily.

Now let's see the example of how IoT will be useful in our daily life.

Use Of IoT In The Home

Let's say you get up at 7 am every day and go to work. Your normal alarm clock wakes you up on time. But one day due to some reason the train or transport in which you go to office got cancelled. Now you have to take your own car to go to office. The problem is, driving will take you longer due to traffic jams and therefore you have to wake up at least at 6:30am.

Again, it was raining heavily that day. That means you can't drive loud even if you want to. If your alarm clock was connected to IoT, that smart alarm clock would take all factors into account and wake you up on time. According to the information available online, the watch itself could understand that the train is canceled today. Then how long it would take you to go by car, it was also taken out. From the weather update, what would your average speed be in this rain? By calculating these, the smart alarm clock would wake you up at 6:30. This is Super Smart IoT. You can even connect your coffee maker to an alarm clock, so that you have coffee ready in your mug when you wake up.

Use Of IoT In Vehicles

Let's say your smart alarm clock wakes you up on time. Now you are driving to office. Suddenly your engine light comes on. Because an average has appeared in the engine. At another time, he would have taken the car to the garage, but today he is in a rush at the office. Got into a lot of trouble. Now if the car was connected to IoT, then as soon as the engine light comes on, it would also know the other devices connected to IoT.

Through a system called 'diagnostic bus', these data were collected from the sensors and passed to the vehicle gateway. From there, the data goes to the car company's platform. The company then looks at that data and gives you feedback. As a result, you would know immediately where there is a car repair garage nearby. Also, to save your time, IoT connected devices would already do various tasks like fixing your appointment at the garage or car parts replacement process.