Internet of Things Applications

 The internet of things is a huge technology. It is generally known as the connection of various computer operating devices over the internet. The internet of things brings the world together by helping connect devices and thereby improving their functionality to do much more than their regular purposes.



Applications of IoT

1. Smart Agriculture

The practice of growing plants and livestock for consumer needs has been going on since time immemorial. Introducing the Internet of Things in the field of agriculture is by far one of the most challenging and transformational discoveries. Agriculture farms use sensors, microcontrollers, location systems, and AI on their farms.

The main purpose is to increase the quality & quantity of production of crops, dairy, eggs, wool etc. Farmers can check on their crops, monitor their animals and stay up to date on the latest farming techniques.

  • Data collection: Sensors are put all around the farms and these sensors gather information about the wind, soil, humidity etc
  • Diagnostics: Systems analyze the data and derive conclusions about the status, process and problems on the data.
  • Decision Making: If any problem arises in the data, the system or the human take the necessary steps to present a solution.
  • Action: Finally, actions are done to solve the problem. Sensors collect new information about the solid, water, air and the process goes on.

2. Smart Vehicles

  • Intelligent cars or smart cars are vehicles embedded with the internet of things technology. These look and work like regular cars except they perform much better than a regular car.
  • Smart car drivers perform much lesser activities while driving and tech AI technology handles most of the hard tasks.
  • Innovations such as sensors that control navigation, inform drivers on monthly maintenance, manage the car with the speed limit, notify the driver about traffic, weather conditions or damages in the car.
  • Tesla Cars are electric cars that use AI based technology and sustainable energies. The Auto-pilot feature in Tesla enables the driver to choose a self-driving option where the smart car drives itself without any human intervention.
  • By far, Tesla has sold around 500,000 cars in 2020 and produces over 1 trillion cars for further sales. Smart cars are in fact the future of IoT.

3. Smart Home

  • Smart homes are the bright future of the internet of things. Every house is likely to include IoT automation in the coming future.
  • Smart Homes are self explanatory. They use IoT technology to integrate home appliances. Smart homes connect home appliances such as locks, thermostats, microwaves, geysers, TV so they can interact with each other.
  • Users can personalize their devices according to their choice.
  • Popular examples include Amazon Echo, Philips Lighting systems, Samsung Smart things, Wink Hub etc. Smart homes reduce cost and conserve energy.

4. Smart Pollution Control

  • With rising consumer needs, growth in population and demands, more and more industries are generating hazardous smoke and chemicals that are damaging the environment.
  • Pollution is the biggest concern in the growth of every industry. IOT is helping control pollution to a large extent around the globe.
  • The government installs sensors around the city that track and monitor pollution levels in the air. These sensors give real-time analysis of smoke from vehicles, industries, factories etc. Based on the information, the government takes necessary action to stop the damage.
  • One such ongoing project is the initiative known as “Smart solutions to Control Air Pollution” in Dubai. The project aims to install sensors in the city to monitor CO2, NO2, SO2 and CO levels in the air.

5. Smart Healthcare

  • Smart healthcare is an IoT based health care service system that is currently being used to impact and save human lives on a much larger scale.
  • Technology integration in the medical field saves billions of lives every single day.
  • Smart healthcare allows patients, families and doctors to communicate with each other easily and remotely. Sensors and actuators gather, retrieve and analyse information.
  • Systems process the information and generate necessary responses to move forward.This method saves time and it is cost effective.
  • Monitors analyse the health activity of the patient and generate responses.
  • Robots are replacing nurses to take care of patient post surgeries. Surgical robots assist doctors in surgeries. These robots are sterilized and maintain much more sanitation than human beings.

6. Smart Cities

The Internet of things is capable of managing, tracking and controlling an entire city. This alone explains the power IoT holds and how much it impacts human lives. Smart cities have technology such as connected public transport, Traffic monitoring and control, Water level and flood monitoring, Weather monitoring, 24/7 Video surveillance, Connected street lights and so much more.

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