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The Internet of Things (IoT) revolutionizes how we interact with our environment, enabling objects to serve us better through coordinated use. Key technologies like RFID tags allow for real-time tracking of mobile objects, helping in warehouse management and urban planning. Ambient intelligence tailors responses based on user behavior, integrating seamlessly with web services. With iconic examples like Songdo City in South Korea, the potential for intelligent, networked urban spaces is vast. However, the challenge remains in managing the massive data generated and optimizing its use for better decision-making.
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The Internet and Data Things, Web apps, ubiquitous computing, & ambient intelligence
The Internet of Things • Objects in the world better serve us if computers coordinate their use • Mobile objects are of particular interest • Key technology: RDIF tags • Radio frequency identification • Reader sends out signals, tags respond • Movement of objects can be tracked • Can tell us locations and who is using them
RDIF tags • Cheap • Volume of objects • “inert”, not intelligent objects
Mobility & Intelligence • Objects might be mobile • Users might be mobile • Objects might have limited computing capabilities • We could track the coordinated use of machines • Users of machines could be tracked and coordinated
Uses • Managing a warehouse • Tracking the construction of a large object for a specific user • Cars • Houses
Interfacing with the Web • Objects and users can be managed from a distance • Extends the reach of the web to inert or semi-intelligent & specialized objects
Things and Data • Creates a potentially massive data management problem • Provides for very sophisticated, distributed parts management • Provides opportunities for mining of historical data • Optimization of warehouse, factory processes
The Smart Card Concept • Integrated, intelligent cities • A card with an embedded processor • For residents, visitors, workers • Manage subways, recycling credits • Real-time discounts, directions • New Songdo City, South Korea • “U-City” for ubiquitous computers • City-wide wifi, dynamically-changing bus and subway routes • High-tech central bus district, golf course, etc.
Ambient intelligence • Concept has been around for a while • Idea is that devices tailor their behavior for different users • Big use of embedded computers • Phones, soda machines, smart cards • Smarts of complex devices on assembly lines • Mass produced items, like insulin monitors
Examples • My favorite soda machine • Knows I drink only 20 ounce Pepsis • Maybe every machine in a facility knows my habits • Airport help system • Understands various languages, customs, regulations • Medical imaging machines and doctor record machines can provide integrated data on patients – perhaps patient has a smart car
Ambient Devices and the Web • Ambient devices could be engaged or managed via the web • Embedded machines could initiate web services or trigger information events to web users/managers • Medical data could be integrated on a large scale and done in a real time • Data integration problem, again • Another example of lots of data that we can’t make effective use of yet