Tag: IoT

IoT and AgTech

How IoT applies to Agriculture? What are the benefits of using IoT in agriculture? We heard from Milo Wener, our class 4 speaker, about IoT application for solar Battery power Systems for the 500m people Living off the grid in Africa. Similarly, new technology applications in agriculture are becoming much more needed, much more so… Read more IoT and AgTech

What's cooking? IoT in the Kitchen

WHAT IS IoT According to Forbes, IoT is basically “connecting any device with an on and off switch to the Internet and/or to each other” [1] You can literally connect all the devices in your house, from cellphones, lights, coffee makers, baby monitors, TVs, toothbrushes (but why though?), computers, and even your beds. However, as… Read more What's cooking? IoT in the Kitchen

Corrective to Preventive to Predictive Maintenance & Technology

Corrective to Preventive to Predictive Maintenance & Technology It used to be that things break and people would have them fixed. If your car stopped working, you would have it towed and then a mechanic would assess it, get the spare parts and rebuild it at a premium. Then, we started getting into the visual… Read more Corrective to Preventive to Predictive Maintenance & Technology

IoT: The good and the bad

The internet of things , better known as iot, is a phenomenon that is set to change the world. The internet of things refers to the network of various items embedded with unique identifiers (UID) allowing these things to exchange and transfer data. The items in question can refer to any physical device, mechanical and… Read more IoT: The good and the bad

IOT: A TALE OF OPPORTUNITY AND RISK

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) IoT is still at the “Peak of Inflated Expectations”, and marching full speed ahead The “Security of Things”, however, will be an afterthought, again “The Venturesome Economy” If I had told you in the early 1990s that an emerging technology was going to be the next best thing since sliced… Read more IOT: A TALE OF OPPORTUNITY AND RISK

Processor technologies for IoT/Cloud Computing/AI-ML

In his first lecture, Daniel had mentioned that processors are the brains responsible for performing all the computations and also presented a slide to depict the clash of different processor technologies. This blog post will give an overview of some of the current processor technologies and how they are getting benefitted by new technologies like… Read more Processor technologies for IoT/Cloud Computing/AI-ML

Industry 4.0

AI and Internet of Things  are reshaping the manufacturing industry. Talk to any industry expert and mention “Industry 4.0″, you are about raise a few eyebrows. Like everybody, they are confused and will claim they are doing it too. Like AI, is it a Buzzword ? a futuristic catchphrase ? . Call it what you… Read more Industry 4.0

IoT and farming.

With ever increasing population, agriculture and farming need more innovative and advanced technology to increase production of higher yields and to better allocate the resources. That said, it also needs to be low cost. IoT offers the perfect solution for that. IoT applications in farming include:- farm vehicle tracking, livestock monitoring, storage monitoring, and much more. For… Read more IoT and farming.

A future with and without IoT

Recently, technologists, as well as pop culture, have been obsessed with the widespread use of the Internet of Things – anything connected to the Internet. Much of the hype is rooted in data collection and communication, but it has since transcended and crossed into consumer lifestyle. [1] Proponents of the widespread use of IoT highlight… Read more A future with and without IoT

IoT – Smart Cities

Starting with the activities at the Auto-ID-Center [1] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where a global standard system for RFID and other sensors had been defined, IoT is now an accepted part of our private and public life and has already been established in the industrial sector. Even governmental administrations recognized the impact… Read more IoT – Smart Cities