Internet of Things examples extend from smart connected homes to wearables to healthcare. In fact, IoT is slowly becoming part of every aspect of our lives. Not only are Internet of Things applications enhancing our comfort, but they also give us more control to simplify routine work life and personal tasks.
The recent hype about our IoT future has forced companies to consider the basic building blocks for the Internet of Things—i.e., hardware, software and support—to enable developers to deploy applications that can connect anything within IoT’s scope.
We know the potential of IoT markets is huge, but some domains will mature more quickly than the rest. Here are Internet of Things application areas that have the potential for exponential growth.
Smart Homes
A smart home is one in which devices have the capability to communicate with each other, as well as with their environment and the Internet. Smart homes enable owners to customize and control their home environments for increased security and efficient energy management. There are already hundreds of IoT technologies available to monitor and build smart homes.
Consumer product manufacturers like Belkin, Philips, Amazon and Haier have established themselves as prominent companies in this market. Here are some ways to build your own smart home with the Internet of Things.
Nest Learning Thermostat is a revolutionary concept with many benefits. Its breakthrough technology and IoT-based concepts make it a highly efficient addition to your home. Usually, about half of your energy bill can be attributed to your thermostat. With Nest, you can save up to 15% on cooling and 12% on heating bills on average.
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With products such as Philips Hue, the Internet of Things continues to show real potential in smart home design. One bulb gives you 600 to 800 color lumens, which means there is a light for every one of your moods. It’s compatible with smart home platforms like Amazon Echo and Apple’s HomeKit for the iPhone.
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Based on the concept of a “community-led air quality sensing network,” the Air Quality Egg is a smart sensor system designed to track traces of CO and NO2 in home environments. These two gases are high contributors to air pollution and can be easily detected by inexpensive DIY sensors. Community participation puts you in touch with like-minded people concerned about air quality and the environment.
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Take control of your home with your voice: Amazon Echo was built around this concept. Designed to be a highly sensitive listener, Echo has seven built-in microphones so you can be heard from across the room, even through other noise. Get answers, hear news, play music, listen to audio books and integrate with other smart home devices, like Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings and WeMo. It’s backed with 360º omni-directional audio.
Smart Cities
Smart surveillance, safer and automated transportation, smarter energy management systems and environmental monitoring are all examples of IoT applications for smart cities. Smart cities have real, substantial solutions for complications that arise due to population surges, pollution, poor infrastructure and energy supply shortages. Here are some examples of IoT devices at work in smart cities.
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The Bigbelly smart waste and recycling system is a waste management system. Completely modular, Bigbelly gives historical and real-time data collection capabilities via a cloud-based service. It helps with smart trash pick up, helps avoid overflows, and generates other notifications to help cities manage waste better and keep them both cleaner and more beautiful.
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Based on a patented presence-detecting technology, CitySense is a smart and wireless outdoor lighting control system. With features like adaptive lighting, it helps save electricity by intuitively adjusting the brightness of street lights, based on the presence of automobiles and pedestrians. And, it is smart enough to filter out interferences like animals and trees.
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Libelium has launched a new smart parking solution for smart cities to allow citizens to find available parking spots. The new surface parking device—with LoRaWAN and Sigfox—features a smaller size, higher accuracy and faster detection time, facilitating lower installation costs.
Health Care
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UroSense is a smart fluid management solution offered by Future Path Medical. It automatically measures the core body temperature (CBT) and urine output of patients on catheterization. The smart monitoring of these vital signs helps avoid infections while starting early care of medical conditions like diabetes, prostate cancer, heart failure and sepsis. UroSense can wirelessly provide report data directly to nursing stations anywhere.
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Philips is one of those tech giants making full use of Internet of Things opportunities available for business. The Medication Dispensing Service is one of the most successful IoT healthcare applications from Philips. Focused on elderly patients who find it difficult to maintain their medication dosages on their own, MDS dispenses pre-filled cups for the scheduled dosage. It notifies automatically when it’s time to take or refill medications, or when there are malfunctions or missed dosages.
Agriculture
The Phenonet Project is designed to help farmers monitor vital information like humidity, air temperature and soil quality using remote sensors. This project helps farmers improve yield, plan more efficient irrigation and make harvest forecasts. It also helps biologists study the effects of genomes and microclimates on crop production.
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Based in Ireland, the CleanGrow project helps monitor crop nutrients with a carbon nanotube-based sensor system. This information helps farmers to alter crop maturity rates or colors. As opposed to conventionally used analog devices, CleanGrow’s nanotube sensor device detects the quantity and presence of specific ions in crop production to optimize quality and yield.
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