Internet of things: what it is, why and how it works
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
What is the Internet of Things
Now a lot of talk about Internet of things, but not everyone understands what it is.
If you believe the "Wikipedia" is the concept of the computer network of physical objects ( "things"), equipped with built-in technologies to communicate with each other or with the outside, The organization of such networks as a phenomenon that can rebuild the economic and social processes, are excluded from the part of the action and the need for participation operations person.
Simply put, the Internet of things - it is a kind of network that combines things. And by things I mean anything: a car, iron, furniture, slippers. All this can "communicate" with each other without human intervention by means of the transmitted data.
The emergence of such a system was to be expected, because the laziness - the engine of progress. I do not have the morning to go to the coffee machine to make coffee. She already knows that you usually wake up, and this time she will cook delicious coffee. Cool? Perhaps, but as far as practicable and when there will be?
How it works
We are in the beginning of the road, and on the Internet of things too early to speak. Take for example a coffee maker, which I wrote above. a person has to own now entered the time of his awakening, so she cooked his morning coffee. But what happens if this person is not the time to be at home, or he wants tea? Yes, all the same, since it has not changed the program and heartless piece of iron again brewed their coffee. This scenario is interesting, but it is a process automation than the Internet of Things.
At the helm is always a man, he is the center. Smart gadgets every year becomes more and more, but they do not work without a team man. This poor coffeemaker is necessary to constantly monitor and change the program, which is inconvenient.
How it should work
The Internet of Things means that a person defines the purpose of, and does not ask the program to achieve this goal. Even better, if the system itself analyzes the data and provides for man's desire.
You drive home from work, tired and hungry. At this time, the car has already informed the house that in half an hour will bring you: pier, get ready. The lights, the thermostat sets the comfort temperature in the oven is preparing dinner. We went into the house - including TVs with a record of their favorite team play, dinner is ready, welcome home.
That is the main features of the Internet of things:
- This constant support everyday human action.
- Everything happens transparently, unobtrusive, with a focus on the result.
- Man specifies what should happen, not how to do it.
Say, a fantasy? No, it's the near future, but to achieve such results, it is necessary to do much more.
How to achieve this
1. United center
It is logical that in the middle of all these things should be not a man, but a kind of device that will transfer the program to achieve the goal. He will control the other devices and tasks, as well as to collect data. Such a device should be in every home, office and other places. They are united by the common network through which they communicate and help a person anywhere.
The beginnings of such a center we see today. Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple and the like is also working on something similar. Such systems may now serve as a smart home center, although their capabilities are limited.
2. common standards
This will be probably the main obstacle to global Internet of things. For a large-scale operation of the system requires a common language. Over its ecosystem Apple is working right now, Google, Microsoft. But they all move individually, in different directions, and therefore, in the best case, we will get local systems that are difficult to combine, even at the city level.
Perhaps some of the systems will become the standard, or each network and remain local and do not grow into something global.
3. Security
Of course, developing such a system, you need to take care of data protection. If the network is compromised by a hacker, he will know about you everything. Clever things will pass your attackers with giblets, so that over the data encryption should work seriously. Of course, working on it right now, but occasionally pop scandals suggest that up to the ideal of security is still far.
What awaits us in the near future
In the near future we are waiting for smart homes that will open doors for themselves the owners of the approach, maintain a comfortable microclimate independently replenish the fridge and order the necessary medicines if people sick. And in front of this house will receive a performance with intelligent bracelet and send their doctor. On the roads will go unmanned vehicles, and no longer will be traffic jams on the roads themselves. Internet of Things will develop more advanced traffic control system, which is able to prevent the emergence of traffic jams and congestion.
Already, many gadgets work in conjunction with the various systems, but in the next 5-10 years, we are waiting for a real boom in the development of the Internet of things. That is only possible in the future as the alignment in the cartoon "WALL-E," where mankind has become a helpless fat people served by robots. So imagine the prospect. What do you think?