The Next Internet Revolution – The Internet of Things
The Next Internet Revolution – The Internet of Things
Our world is connected to the Internet is experiencing a revolution still in its infancy. New technologies, applications and concepts are flowing online every day, changing the way we work with the network and how we connect and communicate. Although it is difficult to predict what will happen, the high degree of change and functions and Internet applications indicates that the Internet has not matured and will continue to develop and evolve more interesting and powerful ways.
One area of progress is difficult to predict and that is seriously delayed – apparently waiting in hiding to emerge and flourish – the integration of Internet with our physical world. Today, the world of the Internet and our physical world is essentially independent of both worlds with humans function as the interface between the two. In the future these two worlds become much more intertwined, and this overlap is a kind of revolution in his.
As a concrete example. It was one days hard work and drive home. It is a pretty cold day, and you want your system to activate the heating of the house, so your home will be pleasant and comfortable on arrival. If you hurry off to work and suddenly you begin to wonder whether you remembered to put out the fire before leaving.
Despite our advanced technology, you’re probably better off calling your neighbor (who has a spare key to your house) to go and do the job. This is an interesting example, because most likely you already have a monitoring network around the house to your stove with a thermostat and you probably have access to Internet at home.
However, the lack of integration between these networks leave you no choice but to call your neighbor. Besides monitoring our heating, it is also how most of us to check whether the door was locked and the windows were closed. Would not it be great if you could control your home with a few keys on your mobile phone? Interestingly, it is not necessary to make major technological breakthroughs.
We are all now using the Internet for communication and reading the news (with a new and interesting blogs as bridging the gap between the two). We use the Internet to shop, where each brand or store is a gateway to the Internet. What is not connected to the Internet are all features that could be useful to our lives more comfortable and energy to make.
The Internet is like one big nerve center that remains a small nerve that connects to all the support functions of our lives to build. The skeleton is there, but not the end connections to our senses and muscles.
So far, our vision of the Internet has been very “Human-Centric” but that will change. It is likely that sooner or later the majority of the elements connected to the Internet would not people but things heating / cooling, sensor health, safety, central door / window closing systems, remote controls, etc.
This is where wireless networking will play an important role. There are many other “things” that “people” and physical “son” doing everything for the Internet is simply impossible. The good news is that recently, communication standards (such as IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee above) ratified this possible. But this is not the only wireless technology that is needed – “energy recovery” of the environment is also essential. In addition to eliminating the communication cables of data, it is also important to remove the power and the need for batteries, and their negative impact on the environment and the high labor costs associated with charging and maintaining batteries.
Energy recovery technology is emerging which draws energy for the environment (IE – a solar cell on a handheld device or a kinetic vibrations into electrical energy) and can supply energy needed for the “thing” to have connected and controlled via the Internet. The development of devices for the harvesting of energy is making great progress, but there is still a long way to go, especially in reducing the cost of harvesting equipment.
Looking to the future “Internet of Things” might well be the next revolution on the Internet where the integration of our physical and virtual worlds is the primary driver. The new “Internet of Things”, a new class of applications that will change our lives more comfortable and to help us reduce our energy waste.
