IT Lesson 1 Midterms

• The Internet of Things is about more than just using your voice to preheat the oven or using your phone to turn off the lights


  The real promise of IoT is making our physical surroundings accessible to our digital computers, putting sensors on everything in the world and translating it into a digital format
• Importance of IoT


  • It helps people live and work smarter, gain control over their lives
  • It provides real-time insights into business operations, from machine performance to supply chain and logistics operations
  • It enables automation of processes, reduction of labor costs, waste reduction, and improved service delivery
  • It makes manufacturing and delivery of goods less expensive and offers transparency into customer transactions
  • It is one of the most important technologies of everyday life and will continue to pick up steam as more businesses realize the potential of connected devices to keep them competitive
• Internet of Things (IoT)


  • It is becoming an increasingly growing topic of conversation both in the workplace and outside of it
  • It has the potential to impact how we live and work
• The benefits provided by new digital approaches are having a huge impact on our societies
• How IoT works

  1. IoT ecosystem consists of web-enabled smart devices that use embedded systems to collect, send, and act on data they acquire from their environments

  2. IoT devices share the sensor data they collect by connecting to an IoT gateway or other edge device where data is either sent to the cloud to be analyzed or analyzed locally

  3. Sometimes, these devices communicate with other related devices and act on the information they get from another

  4. The devices do most of the work without human intervention, although people can interact with the devices

  5. The connectivity, networking, and communication protocols used with these web-enabled devices largely depend on the specific IoT applications deployed

  6. IoT can also make use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to aid in making data-collecting processes easier and more dynamic
• One of the greatest business challenges is not about the devices, software or solutions – it is about how we manage the process of cultural change and its effect on our society
• Technology is changing every aspect of our lives
• Internet-connected objects could be the key to unlocking predictions about everything from consumer behavior to climate events, but they could also invite hackers into personal spaces and leak intimate data
• Devices belonging to the Internet of Things

  • Lightbulbs
  • Refrigerators
  • Coffee makers
  • Microwave ovens
  • Baby monitors
  • Security cameras
  • Speakers
  • Televisions
  • Thermostats
• John Romkey creates the first IoT device: a toaster
• Oxford Dictionary adds term “internet of things”

  2013
• Kevin Ashton: 'The “internet of things” itself was coined in 1999, when Kevin Ashton put it in a PowerPoint presentation for Procter & Gamble. Ashton was working in supply chain optimization, described a system where sensors acted like the eyes and ears of a computer – an entirely new way for computers to see, hear, touch, and interpret their surroundings'
• John Romkey creates the first IoT device: a toaster that he controls with his computer


  1990
• Industries where IoT is most abundant

  • Manufacturing
  • Transportation
  • Utility
• Industries with IoT use cases

  • Agriculture
  • Infrastructure
  • Home automation
• Kevin Ashton coins the term “internet of things” to describe the eyes and ears of a computer


  1999
• Amazon introduces the Echo speaker, along with the Alexa voice assistant – a new way to control the smart home


  2014
• Unknown: 'As home internet became ubiquitous and Wi-Fi sped up, the dream of the smart home started to look more like a reality. Companies began to introduce more and more of these inventions: “smart” coffee makers to brew the perfect cup, ovens that bake cookies with precision timing, and refrigerators that automatically restocked expired milk'
• IoT encourages companies to rethink the ways they approach their business and gives them the tools to improve their business strategies
• John Romkey: 'John Romkey, a software engineer and early internet evangelist, had built the toaster for the 1990 show floor of Interop, a trade show for computers'
• Tony Fadell founds Nest, maker of the smart thermostat

  2010
• LG introduces its first connected refrigerator with a 20000 USD price tag

  2000
• Benefits of IoT to organizations

  • Monitor overall business process
  • Improve the customer experience
  • Save time and money
  • Enhance employee productivity
  • Integrate and adapt business models
  • Make better business decisions
  • Generate more revenue
• Components of any IoT system

  • Thing outfitted with sensors
  • Sensors that collect data
  • Sensors bundled together to gather multiple data points
• IoT can benefit farmers in agriculture by

  Making their job easier
• 1. delivery makes it less expensive to manufacture and deliver goods, as well as offering transparency into customer transactions
• IoT is one of the most important technologies of everyday life, and it will continue to pick up steam as more businesses realize the potential of connected devices to keep them competitive
• Unknown: 'Most people didn’t start building an ecosystem of “smart” devices in their homes until the mass adoption of voice controls. In 2014, Amazon introduced Echo, a speaker with a helpful voice assistant named Alexa built in. Apple had introduced Siri, its own voice assistant, four years prior – but Siri lived on your phone, while Alexa lived inside the speaker and could control all of the “smart” devices in your house'
• The Mirai botnet infects over 600,000 IoT devices with malware

  2016
• The world’s first IoT conference is held in Zurich, Switzerland


  2008
• The number of internet-connected devices, by some estimates, exceeds 20 billion

  2020