10 examples of using IoT (Internet of things)

Many of us know about Internet of Things (IoT - Internet of Things) firsthand, someone believes that the Internet is in full swing over the world, and some consider this idea a great exaggeration and generally too ambitious. How are things really? Is it possible to somehow verify these allegations, to verify their validity or to refute?

In fact, this article was written to make sure that the IoT applications already running in the world are numerous and diverse. We will consider real examples from a dozen areas of everyday life of a modern person, in which the Internet of things has long been working.

Smart House

Already today, IoT applications help us make life more comfortable and secure. There are a large number of products embedded in the Smart Home system. Among them are: intelligent thermostats and air conditioners, speakers, smart sockets, smoke and movement sensors, open door sensors, animal feeders with a timer, lights turned on at dusk, etc.(see -What modern home automation systems can do)

These and many other technological innovations are designed to make our lives easier and more effective. Once having installed such things at home, after a month we stop noticing them. However, it is difficult to overestimate the economic and temporal benefits that are brought into our lives through the widespread adoption of smart things.

Agriculture

Modern farms and arable land, fields, greenhouses, etc., rely heavily on intelligent devices. Productivity and agricultural efficiency across entire regions is enhanced through systematic monitoring of soil condition and composition, climate change forecasts, monitoring livestock health, monitoring herd location, and more.

Unmanned aerial vehicles, sensors, feeding systems, irrigation systems, etc. Automation through the Internet of things helps a person to avoid the enormous loads that he carried before, performing all these routine actions manually. The prosperity of the regions today depends on the quality of IoT applications implemented in one or another large-scale production.

Industry and transport

IoT terminals control and even manage large industries. Sensors, programs, data analysis systems, calculations based on big bata - all this works without the influence of the human factor in industries requiring continuous stability and high quality performance. Thanks to IoT, a smartphone alone is capable of guiding your car while traveling exactly along the route where there is a camping site or cafe that is reasonably priced near the road.

Is your operator’s next cell tower far away? How many kilometers is enough gasoline? Where is the gas station you can drive to? Thus, industrial applications, analytically acting, imperceptibly increase productivity and minimize errors. This applies to many industries, not only tourism.

Retail

Many smart IoT applications have been deployed in retail today. Minimum - so that it is more convenient for the buyer to navigate in the store according to their usual needs. In addition, the seller can not only inform about the appearance of the product you are interested in on the window or about the availability of the service in his network, he will also notify the location of the nearest store where you can buy this product or use the service of interest.

Thus, everything necessary for a particular consumer is at the right time and in the right place.From now on, there is no need to travel, call and search, wasting time. The system itself analyzes the entire chain from demand to supply, forms a model of minimal action. It remains for the buyer to make a decision, form an order via the Internet, remotely pay for the purchase, and get it in his hands in the most convenient way.

Healthcare

A special place is occupied by healthcare, which is an essential part of our life. The ability to provide medical care over the Internet is hard to overestimate.

This is not only about the use of medical drones, but also about creating a personal approach to the analysis of health and the formation of a sequence of specific actions for the patient in the fight against his diseases, including on the basis of fresh analyzes and genetic data.

The development of the medical field cannot be stopped, despite the fact that at this stage there is a certain conflict between traditional medicine and IoT-based enterprises.

Cars

Anyone who has tested a smart application for their car, probably considers it the best of all IoT applications that exist today. A prototype car without a driver (in particular a taxi with artificial intelligence) already exists. You will be delivered to the right place on the optimal route in accordance with the current congestion of the roads of the village.

Simple sensors will make normal driving more comfortable. Automatic garage door opener, internal climate control, speed control, location monitoring, analysis of the current state of the battery, etc.

Wearable gadgets

A group of technological solutions related to wearable devices working together via a smartphone allows continuous monitoring of the main health indicators in fitness: heart rate monitor, pedometer, calorie consumption counter, fitness bracelets and GPS trackers ...

Implantable sensors, insulin pumps, glucometers, etc. It’s worth mentioning smart watches, alarms, stopwatch, players, headsets, etc. Through the IoT application, these gadgets work together more harmoniously, do not interfere with each other, do not create confusion for man.

Smart city

IoT applications such as smart parking, noise mapping, smart lighting control, etc. will be extremely useful in the city. These applications are under development, but their implementation is inevitable, because the prospects for security and optimization of urban traffic, especially in megacities, are enormous. Therefore, the emergence of “smart cities” is only a matter of time.

Supply of goods

The best IoT applications track and shape supply chains. By accurately tracking the availability of goods at the consumer and in the remote warehouse, on the basis of the order or the current need, the program automatically generates the best delivery or exchange operation scheme, convenient for all interested parties. At the same time, the minimum demand for labor is achieved and, as a result, the best economic effect of logistics as a whole.

Energetics

Outstanding technological advances in the energy sector require a particularly painstaking approach to the design of electrical networks and to the organization of their work. So, collecting data on the time and nature of consumption, IoT applications analyze the processes of electricity circulation between suppliers and consumers, automatically optimize the use of resources, and improve delivery parameters.

Here we examined only 10 of the most important areas of application of the Internet of things, where outstanding results have already been achieved today both in terms of economics and in terms of achieving even greater comfort for a person. It is safe to say that over time, the breadth of implementation of IoT applications in our daily lives will only grow, and very soon all this will seem completely ordinary to us.