Of Bears, Bats, and Bees: Making Sense of the Internet of Things. By Scott Jenson - August 1, 2012 The Internet of Things (or IoT) is finally going mainstream. Not only do I read about it frequently online, but I’m now talking about it with clients at frog. Unfortunately, as it has become popular, it has also grown to the point where it can span everything from home Wi-Fi networks to smart cities. Much like the story of the three blind men describing an elephant, the essence of IoT depends on your point of view. What we need is a simple breakdown, both physically and functionally, so we can discuss the many facets and challenges ahead. The simplest is to start by device category as there is a huge range of devices that can be thought of as being part of the Internet of Things. Bears Bears are the big boys, the classic computers with big screens, user-visible operating systems, and many applications to install, launch, organize, and delete. To be fair, bears historically have not been a part of the IoT conversation as they are so big and expensive.
Google Glass and the Future of Wearable Computing. Le français Sigfox révolutionne l'Internet des objets. Un objet connecté evian pour commander des packs d’eau depuis son frigo ! A l’occasion du lancement du nouveau service evianchezvous.com, evian, BETC DIGITAL et Joshfire ont créé un objet connecté surprenant et innovant qui devrait faire couler beaucoup d’eau… Cet objet connecté au design épuré se colle comme un magnet sur le frigo. Grâce à une expérience simple et ludique, il permettra de passer la commande d’eau minérale naturelle directement depuisla cuisine sans passer par l’ordinateur. Vous n’avez plus votre eau préférée dans le frigo ? En seulement quelques clics, la commande sera passée et votre pack déposé à l’heure désirée. Grâce à evianchezvous.com, finie la corvée de monter les étages avec les packs d’eau, les ruptures de stock d’eau minérale… et avec le projet smart drop d’evian, c’est la simplicité de la commande en plus !
L’objectif est de pouvoir proposer le service additionnel de la smart drop evian aux abonnés d’evianchezvous.com les plus fidèles, courant 2013. Comment ça marche? Via : joshfire, internet des objets, iot, BETC, evian. Connected Personal Objects: Getting Intimate with the Internet of T... By 2020, the planet will have 24 billion connected devices – Infographic! It’s Infographic time thanks to the team at the GSMA. They’ve completed a study of the wide array of product announcements at CES earlier this month. The study shows that more than half of the devices launched are ‘connected‘ in some way (i.e. 3G/4G/WiFi).
This is super news for the wireless marketplace. In specific categories, the GSMA noted that more than 90 percent of TVs, 70 percent of automotive devices, 44 percent of healthcare devices and 30 percent of cameras are connected. We’re not quite there today in terms of ensuring everything will intelligently connect, but I don’t think we’re very far away from that. I’m particularly interested in the segment below on automotive connectivity — I think that’s due for quite a renaissance over the next few years. There’s a lot more information at the association’s Connected Life website. Disruptions: Wearing Your Computer on Your Sleeve. Adrian Dennis/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesInstead of going through life staring into a mobile device, people one day may be able to wear a computer.
Technology often has a way of fixing the problems it creates. Here’s one that needs solving. The invention of the smartphone has created a world where millions of people stroll through life constantly staring into a mobile device, like Narcissus at the edge of a pond. I know. I’m one of them. People are not going to put these devices down in the near future. Wearable computing is a broad term. Over the last year, Apple and Google have secretly begun working on projects that will become wearable computers. In Google’s secret Google X labs, researchers are working on peripherals that — when attached to your clothing or body — would communicate information back to an Android smartphone. Apple has also experimented with prototype products that could relay information back to the iPhone.
At least, I hope that’s what he would see. The Internet Gets Physical. But now — nothing personal, mind you — the Internet is growing up and lifting its gaze to the wider world. To be sure, the economy of Internet self-gratification is thriving. Web start-ups for the consumer market still sprout at a torrid pace. And young corporate stars seeking to cash in for billions by selling shares to the public are consumer services — the online game company Zynga last week, and the social network giant Facebook, whose stock offering is scheduled for next year. As this is happening, though, the protean Internet technologies of computing and communications are rapidly spreading beyond the lucrative consumer bailiwick. Low-cost sensors, clever software and advancing computer firepower are opening the door to new uses in energy conservation, transportation, health care and food distribution.
The consumer Internet can be seen as the warm-up act for these technologies. “We’re going to put the digital ‘smarts’ into everything,” said Edward D. The Next Boom in Mobile Devices Is the Car. SAN DIEGO — Cars, one of the great mobile devices to begin with, are about to get connected to the Internet like never before. It will change not just how we drive, but the economics of the car business. “Five percent of cars are connected today,” said Glenn Lurie, president of AT&T’s Emerging Devices business. He was speaking of new vehicles, not all cars on the road. “Three to five years from now, 100 percent will be connected. You’ll see diagnostics, calls when the airbag goes off, real-time traffic reports, entertainment in the back seat.” The CTIA Show Dispatches from the wireless industry’s fall event. Mr. Ford has shown a similar entertainment system, as well as monitoring and information systems for its electric cars, so drivers can find the nearest charging station.
What he sees as much as anything is an explosion of business models that will go with the connected cars. “We have 100 million probes out there” in the form of consumers using mobile phones on the network, Mr. Newsroom_UK_InternetOfThings_1024x1448.jpg (1024×1448) The Internet of Things & energy — Cleantech News and Analysis. The Internet of Things. What if your iron sent you an email because you left the house in a rush and forgot to unplug it? Or what if your new sweater tweeted when it was ready to be picked up at the dry cleaner? Prepare yourself for the Internet of Things — a not-so distant future in which inanimate objects have online profiles. In fact, an infographic from Intel shows that many of our everyday objects are already connected to the Internet: cars, fitness equipment, and vending machines, to name a few.
Currently, more objects are connected to the Internet than there are people on the earth. If you want to know who’s at the forefront of this technological future, look no further than a herd of Dutch cattle. Cows are just the beginning. For Andy Hudson-Smith, leader of Tales of Things at the University College of London, the Internet of Things holds the promise of explaining more about the objects that surround us. Paul Malon on Flickr Too often we are convinced that technology will make our lives easier. 2020 Predictions -Model for Future Innovations. Filed under applications, consumer behavior, internet behavior, Internet of Things, location, mobile web, Predictions, purchase, Trend Spotting Behavior, trends, Trends Review Based on the concept of “The Internet of Things” TrendsSpotting has developed a working model for NPD. ”The ANA Model” was developed and implemented while working with tech companies, and allows us to predict future products and services.
The “ANA Model” identifies the process where data is collected from reported “Actions”, then delivered to predefined monitor systems or professionals by “Notifications”. The outcomes can “Alert” people through a visualized system. Few daily activities are presented to reflect the process. The ANA model can not only predict potential products and services (shopping, health, transportation, advertising etc) but can suggest new professions to rise. Tweet This Post Plurk This Post Buzz This Post Delicious Digg This Post Ping This Post Reddit Stumble This Post.