Internet of Things (IoT) is Merging With All Monitoring Services

 

Internet of Things (IoT) is Merging With All Monitoring Services

IoT technology is getting integrated with advanced services such as self-driving electric vehicles, the healthcare sector, the smart-wear industry, and smart houses.

Since the time when the Internet was introduced to people around the globe, it has connected all the users from different parts of the world through social media or web pages. In other words, the internet has connected all humans in its early days of introduction which enabled its users to communicate and share data among themselves. That should have been probably called as ‘Internet of Humans’ as per the topic of today’s blog. But every revolution is followed by advancement or modification. Researchers and scientists try to convert unimaginable concepts into reality which leads us to progress in various fields. The same progress or advancement can be reflected in the digital world as the Internet is now ready to connect the objects this time with a concept known as the ‘Internet of Things.

The ‘Things’ in this technology is referred to as any devices such as software, hardware, electronics, or sensors that are embedded for transferring the information with other devices. All these devices are connected to the internet by using IoT technology. Generally, those devices are called ‘smart devices’ which consist of sensors and are capable of communicating and transferring the data with other devices. Smart devices can be a smartphone, or the home appliances such as washing machines, Air-conditioning, ovens, and vehicles. The smart devices are connected to each other through a common platform on the Internet. Once these devices are connected via the Internet, they can communicate with each other in a common language and share the data.

For further understanding of IoT, let us consider two systems, one of which has implemented IoT and the other one has not implemented it. Taking an example of an IoT-based system, suppose a patient with some health problems experiences severe pain in the heart at midnight. There’s a digital band wrapped on his wrist which records some unusual readings and verifies that this patient’s health is getting critical. As a smart device, this band will realize there is a need for a doctor and send a notification to the nearest doctor/surgeon/clinic from the patient’s location for help. This notification will include information regarding the condition as well as the location of the patient. Considering the worse health condition of the patient, the doctors will send an ambulance to the patient’s location. Owing to the notification sent by the band, the doctors will get a clear idea of the problems occurring in the health of the patient. This will help the doctors to operate accordingly with the equipment, staff, and ward that will be required in treating the patient. By the time ambulance arrives at the hospital, the arrangements will be already done by the staff for the patient’s treatment. This can be the role of IoT-based systems in the medical sector.

Now let us take an example of non-IoT systems with the same situation and patient. The patient experiences pain in the heart at midnight with no digital band on his hand. Absence of smart devices that can notify or communicate with any hospital or dispensary to inform about a medical emergency. The patient will have to scream out loud to get the attention of nearby people such as relatives and neighbors.  But shouting in such critical conditions can worsen the health of the patient itself. Even if someone comes to the rescue, he/she will not have an idea about the health status of the patient. The time required to figure out the situation will be higher due to the absence of smart devices and without IoT implementation.

With the IoT implementation, the system can identify or locate any smart device which will possess its own ‘identifier.’  The IoT system has self-adaptable characteristics according to the surrounding which can be seen in CCTV cameras. Owing to its self-configuring property, the IoT arranges the basic set-up, fetches the software upgrades, and makes network connections with the least user intervention. The data shared between the smart devices is connected through a single central node or server which operates the network as a centralized system. The nature of the IoT devices constantly keeps on changing as they sense the nearing environment, which is again not static.

When users connect their devices such as smartphones, and computers to the Internet, they get access to online shopping, banking, and video and audio streaming. But with the emerging IoT technology, the users will be able to connect to the cars, watch, television, lights, etc. In-home automation, IoT technology helps the user to control electrical and electronic appliances such as lights, television, and weather stations. IoT implementation can help to navigate automated vehicles by controlling the speed, fuel meter, and location. Newer innovations are expected to have IoT-integrated features connected to a centralized server.