Internet of Things (IoT) refers to physical devices (cars, houses, phones, etc.), which carry inside certain systems that allow connection as well as data collection and exchange.
This creates the opportunity for the tech world to integrate itself with the physical world and the other way around, which results in an increase of the efficiency and the economic benefits, as long as the reduction of the human effort.
So, an automation of the process and the devices people constantly interact with occurs. Those same devices are the ones that collect data that will later favor them to improve their own system and have a better performance.
How does IoT help?
Just imagine how your life would be if you could constantly know where your car, phone, house or fridge is, if everything is ok or it behaves in a strange way. We nearly could imagine the Weasley watch, although there would be devices pictures instead of faces.
On the other hand, if you manufacture electronic devices, figure yourself continually being able to see the state of each one of them and their performance. Thereby, if you find something with a fail or that it is working in a faulty way, you can improve it and prevent crisis produced by unsatisfied consumers.
Besides, if you are at the front of an industry or business, you can take a closer look at the activity and productivity through the devices state and yield measurement, which will favor you to carry out appropriate strategies to increment the utilities of your company.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) tells the study case of Centratech System, which “was seeking to reduce the time technicians spend driving around to physically maintain devices such as water pumps and electricity meters. Using AWS IoT, they increased productivity of field technicians by 50%.”
However, it is true that for this to happen, apps for the devices to connect must be developed. If you need to quote an application or know more about it, ask us here.
Internet of Things (IoT) origin
The term that refers to the interconnection between things and Internet was coined and used for the first time by the Auto-ID Center (in the Massachusetts technological center –MIT-) British cofounder, Kevin Ashton. The American company, Cisco, is also behind the origin since 2013, when it created a connection counter to estimate the number of devices and appliances that connect through low-power radio signals without any Wi-Fi or Bluetooth technological need, which expands the possibilities even more.
