Here is a list f IoT predictions for year 2018. With the number of connected devices set to top 11 billion – and that’s not including computers and phones – in 2018, Internet of Things will clearly continue to be a hot topic. Here is my prediction list:
1. Artifical Intelligence – it will be talked a lot
2. Blockchain – blockchain will be hyped to be a solution for many IoT problems, and it will turn out that it is not the best solution for most of problems it is hyped for – and maybe it will find few sensible uses for it in IoT. Blockchain can add immutability and integrity to some IoT transactions.
3. 4G mobile for IoT: NB-IoT and LTE-M are ready to be tested or used in many markets
4. 5G will be hyped a lot for IoT applications but it is nowhere near for any real big IoT use cases
6. Security issues will be talked a lot. IoT security is far from solved issue.
7. Privacy issues of IoT will be talked a lot when our homes and pockets are starting to be filled with ever listening digital assistants.
8. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will be massive
9. More CPU power will be added or used in the edge. Pushing processing power to the “edge” brings a number of benefits and opportunities.
10. Hardware based security: Hardware based security on microprocessors will be talked a lot after “Meltdown” and “Spectre” disaster
Links to more predictions:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnewman/2017/12/19/the-top-8-iot-trends-for-2018/#17a9943267f7
https://www.ibm.com/blogs/internet-of-things/top-5-iot-trends-in-2018/
https://www.inc.com/james-paine/3-internet-of-things-trends-to-watch-in-2018.html
https://www.i-scoop.eu/iot-2018-1/
https://dzone.com/articles/iot-trends-for-2018
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Cloud deployment model risks for manufacturers
https://www.controleng.com/single-article/cloud-deployment-model-risks-for-manufacturers/330773da726be5c9fae7246c2149442f.html?OCVALIDATE=
It’s important for manufacturing organizations to know what to expect in terms of controls and security risks with cloud deployment models.
There is a wide range of technical and business risks associated with the adoption of cloud computing by manufacturing organizations. In cloud computing, operation and resources are outsourced to the cloud; but the risk is not. The responsibility for securing sensitive business data and software applications in the cloud still resides with the manufacturing organizations.
The good thing is, many of the security strategies manufacturing organizations might adopt in a cloud environment can also be applied to an on-premises environment. Manufacturers should use what they already have. This can be very helpful and can also save some time in protecting critical assets in the cloud.
Community cloud is where cloud services are used exclusively by a specific collection of CSCs (manufacturing organizations) with the same interests and requirements in terms of security and regulatory compliance.
Hybrid cloud can be a combination of at least two cloud deployment models (private, community, or public), and this can lead to less control and higher security risk for the manufacturing organization.
Public cloud is where cloud services are available to and consumed by all CSCs such as customers over the internet, whether they are individual or organizations. However, all resources are under control of the CSP.
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Connecting the Battery Plant for Efficiency and Flexibility
https://www.designnews.com/automation-motion-control/connecting-battery-plant-efficiency-and-flexibility/18528749059314?ADTRK=UBM&elq_mid=5370&elq_cid=876648
A connected plant can ramp up production volume while ensuring improved quality. As pressure on battery production volume increases, the need for a connected plant also grows.
Connecting battery manufacturing operations can increase production volume while making sure production stays agile. This capability is key, as the ability to scale operations while maintaining quality is becoming more important as demands for battery technology increase.
“The entire enterprise needs to be connected. All the plant floor assets should be Ethernet/IP enabled to communicate information to the enterprise’s IT infrastructure,” said Gumber. “This typically includes all major process equipment, material handling automation, and assembly machines.”
The Benefits of a Connected Battery Plant
Gumber offered a list of the basic benefits of a connected plant:
Improved asset utilization
Lower total cost of ownership
Modular, usable, scalable solution for EV/battery growth
Complete traceability through the supply chain
Leveraging of analytics and smart machine technology
Gumber noted that automation companies such as Rockwell Automation offer advanced material handling systems that provide additional benefits to the connected enterprise.
Connectivity Adoption Is Increasing
While not all battery plants are fully connected, most have started the process. “The adoption of connectivity varies by company and the company’s migration to Industry 4.0,”
Tomi Engdahl says:
PRTG Happiness Sensor
https://blog.paessler.com/prtg-happiness-sensor-a-technical-guide?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Burda-Blog-Global&utm_content=Happinesssensor&hsa_ad=23843057669110129&hsa_src=fb&hsa_net=facebook&hsa_cam=23843057663820129&hsa_grp=23843057663850129&hsa_ver=3&hsa_acc=2004489912909367
There are some components we need to set up the “Happiness Sensor”. The most important component is of course the AWS IoT Button.
With the button, we can emit a signal and connect it with AWS. Within AWS, we can catch the signal via AWS Lambda in which we can define a function that will be executed when the button is pressed. The easiest solution for this use case was DynamoDB.
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“While the mini-PCIe form factor is mostly associated with laptop computers, we’ve increasingly started to see it appear on some SBCs targeted at the maker market.”
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Will Oremus / Slate:
Amazon is rapidly losing global smart speaker market share to Google Home and devices customized for China, where Amazon has little experience and influence
Alexa Is Losing Her Edge
https://slate.com/technology/2018/08/amazon-echo-is-losing-smart-speaker-market-share-to-google-home-heres-why.html
A year ago, everyone was buying an Amazon Echo. Here’s how Google turned the tables.
It’s easy to imagine a world in which “Alexa” is synonymous with talking computers, or Echo with smart speakers
That’s almost the world we live in today, thanks to the dramatic early success of Amazon’s pioneering smart speaker and the surprisingly capable digital assistant that animates it. Almost, but not quite.
While there are no official sales figures, mounting evidence suggests that Echo devices have been losing ground in the past year to competitors on multiple fronts.
the picture is that of a rapidly shifting landscape in which no single company is likely to dominate long-term—but if anyone does, it might be Google
Amazon, Google, and Apple don’t report sales of the Echo, Home, or HomePod, respectively, preferring to shelter them from investor scrutiny by lumping them into categories such as “Other Products” when they report earnings. What we know of their sales, then, comes largely from third-party market-research firms, plus tidbits and hints that the companies occasionally drop. The market-research firms’ estimates can vary, sometimes widely, based on their methodology.
With that caveat aside, a consensus has emerged on the broad trends. Here are three of the big ones:
• Google Home devices are rapidly catching up to Amazon Echo devices in worldwide sales, and may have already surpassed them.
• Apple’s HomePod isn’t selling as poorly as some initial reports suggested, and Samsung just launched its own smart speaker.
• China is the fastest-growing market for smart speakers, and neither Amazon nor Google is a significant player there.
The common thread: Alexa is losing its edge.
As recently as a year ago, Amazon single-handedly controlled the global smart speaker industry, with a market share upward of 75 percent
Yet visions of an Amazon smart speaker monopoly faded faster than almost anyone expected. Google in particular has been catching up in a hurry. That could be partly because its Assistant is “smarter” than Alexa, by some metrics. But the Echo is more capable in other respects, and it continues to be a top-rated device in the category.
Analysts say the secrets to Google’s success lie elsewhere. A big-budget marketing blitz, an aggressive push to partner with retailers and makers of smart home gadgets, and the company’s reputation for answering search questions got it off to a good start. It didn’t hurt that the company was also pushing the Google Assistant—its equivalent of Alexa—onto hundreds of millions of Android devices. Perhaps most importantly, Google has experience, partners, and language capabilities in overseas markets where Amazon is less established.
“Retailers are more open to the idea of arranging Google’s smart speakers, because Google isn’t seen as such a direct competitor,”
Strategy Analytics, estimated this month that Amazon’s global market share dipped from 76 percent to 41 percent over the past year, with Google’s rising to 28 percent. The firm projects Google’s smart speaker sales to surpass Amazon’s by 2020
62 percent of U.S. smart speaker owners had an Amazon Echo, while 27 percent had a Google Home, as of May.
While Google appears to be beating Amazon at its own game, Apple is playing a different one. Its HomePod starts at a cool $350, compared to $100 for a Home and $85 for an Echo, and aims at audiophiles with the promise of hi-fi sound quality.
More competitors are looming: Electronics giant Samsung has just launched its Galaxy Home smart speaker, and a bevy of audio companies are gradually getting in on the game.
A year ago, pundits were wondering why smart speakers weren’t catching on in China. No one’s wondering that anymore: It is by all accounts the fastest-growing market for smart speakers. And virtually none of that growth is going to Amazon or its U.S. rivals, which don’t offer Chinese-language versions.
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Colorado Prepares to Install “Smart Road” Product by Integrated Roadways
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/infrastructure/colorado-prepares-to-install-smart-road-product-by-integrated-roadways
Integrated Roadways says its product, which can deduce the speed, weight, and direction of a vehicle from the basket of sensors buried in the pavement, will face its first real-world test at that discreet Denver junction.
The company can then use that data to alert authorities to accidents or prompt officials to reconfigure lanes to relieve congestion. It’s one approach to so-called “smart roads,” which aim to combine sensing and intelligence in ways that reduce the hazards and hassles of vehicular travel.
“I think that’s kind of the Holy Grail [for smart roads]: to figure out how you can reduce the time to discovery or recognition of an incident, whether that incident is a run-off-road [collision], or an accident, or a sofa that’s fallen into the street,”
Elsewhere, smart roads monitor traffic, direct drivers to vacant parking spaces, automatically issue speeding tickets, or warn of icy roads ahead. Still others measure air quality or listen for gunshots. Almost all of these systems feature some mix of sensors, processing, and fiber optic cables or wireless networks.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Week in Review: IoT, Security, Auto
Arm’s roadmap; C3 IoT and Google Cloud; AT&T acquisition; VW’s EVs.
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-iot-security-auto-7/
Arm uncorked its first forward-looking CPU roadmap and performance numbers for client computing. The company said it expects to deliver annual performance improvements of more than 15% per year through 2020. The targeted market includes 5G, always-on, always-connected devices.
C3 IoT will work with Google Cloud to support artificial intelligence and Internet of Things deployments. The C3 Type System of microservices will be tied into the Google Cloud Platform’s AI services. C3 IoT also works with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
Comcast struck a deal with Yale Locks and Hardware to integrate Yale locks into its “Works with Xfinity” program, enabling homeowners to remotely lock and unlock doors with the Xfinity Home mobile application. The technology also works with voice commands to Xfinity remote controls.
AT&T completed its acquisition of AlienVault. Barmak Meftah, president and CEO of AlienVault, was named president of AT&T Cybersecurity Solutions, while remaining CEO of AlienVault.
Cybersecurity startups are more likely to be acquired than to have an initial public offering, according to SharesPost,
Foundries.io launched with two secure software platforms for embedded product development. The Linux microPlatform for container-based Linux development and the Zephyr microPlatform for applications on real-time operating systems can accommodate over-the-air software updates. Foundries.io is a spinout of Linaro, which provides tools for product development with Arm-based processors.
Tomi Engdahl says:
European consortium aims to improve IoT security, interoperability
https://www.controleng.com/single-article/european-consortium-aims-to-improve-iot-security-interoperability/6ceb2dd3a96e46a7d87dcf7419b1bca6.html?OCVALIDATE=
International: A European consortium is to begin working on Brain-IoT, a framework to improve the interoperability and security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Actuation and control are among areas of concern.
In an effort to improve the interoperability and security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, a new European consortium is to begin working on a framework called Brain-IoT. The consortium includes 12 industry and academic partners from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., including Airbus CyberSecurity, Siemens AG, and service robotics company, Robotnik.
The consortium is headed by Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) in Italy, and co-funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, with a budget of €5 million [$5.783 million].
Brain-IoT aims to establish a framework and methodology that supports IoT platforms, offering model-based tools to aid the development of integrated solutions for interoperability, and cybersecurity.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/08/30/langattomia-iot-antureita-kouluilman-mittaukseen/
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University of Delaware’s Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis is using a low-cost, Arduino-based sensor system to keep an eye on flooding.
UD SCIENTISTS DEVELOP LOW-COST FLOOD SENSING SYSTE
https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/august/cema-creates-low-cost-flood-sensors/
DelDOT pilot program scheduled for summer 2019
Tomi Engdahl says:
IoT continues to push the demand on engineers. Are you ready?
https://gateway.on24.com/wcc/gateway/elitepentondesignengineering/1771118/1787107/wireless-data-center-environmental-monitoring-solutions?utm_rid=CPG05000002750211&utm_campaign=19560&utm_medium=email&elq2=501b07b4f33a45f6b1b8478aba710da0
Week of Learning’s live and on-demand webinars will equip you with vital IoT engineering expertise. Learn the decisions and trade-offs in IoT system design, as well as interactions between hardware, software, and network components.
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Innovation in Motion
Technologies for a Cleaner Planet
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/08/24/video-aalto-sai-laser-ohjatun-siivousrobotin/
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Colorado Prepares to Install “Smart Road” Product by Integrated Roadways
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/infrastructure/colorado-prepares-to-install-smart-road-product-by-integrated-roadways
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET:
Amazon says Alexa now comes integrated with over 20,000 devices from 3,500 brands, up from the 4,000 devices from 1,200 brands in January — Amazon executive Daniel Rausch stood onstage before a crowd of hundreds at Berlin’s IFA tech show to share a few big numbers about Alexa.
Amazon’s Alexa assistant now works with over 20K devices
https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-alexa-assistant-is-now-in-20k-devices/
Alexa’s expansion is way up from 4,000 devices in January.
Amazon executive Daniel Rausch stood onstage before a crowd of hundreds at Berlin’s IFA tech show Saturday to share a few big numbers about Alexa.
Highlighting that growth, IFA brought with it a slew of new Alexa-powered devices, including the Huawei AI Cube smart speaker, Asus ZenBook laptops and Yale’s Sync home alarm system.
Amazon has no intention of stopping there. The company is already adding Alexa into cars, office spaces and hotels, building on its vision of making Alexa available everywhere you are. That work is already introducing the new world of voice computing to millions more people. Going forward, it could bring about the futuristic notion of having an intelligent, digital assistant with you at all times to help you get through your day and even chat with you if you want.
Though Amazon would love to make Alexa your digital buddy, the e-commerce giant faces lots of competition from lots of other voice assistants. Apple’s Siri, Google Assistant, Microsoft’s Cortana and Samsung’s Bixby are all trying to start up a conversation with you, too, by moving into more laptops, vehicles, phones and appliances.
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With IEEE 802.3bt, PoE Meets the Smart Building and IoT
https://www.electronicdesign.com/power/ieee-8023bt-poe-meets-smart-building-and-iot?NL=ED-003&Issue=ED-003_20180831_ED-003_408&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b&utm_rid=CPG05000002750211&utm_campaign=19617&utm_medium=email&elq2=a33cf759f8dd4fe1983323f348804e23
Sponsored by Digi-Key and Analog Devices: By enabling 90 W max power transfer for Power over Ethernet, the standard opens the door to a vast new range of applications. Are the controllers available to handle the power increase?
Facilitating the Smart Building
One of the key target markets for 802.3bt is the so-called “smart” building, as it incorporates a significant portion of the devices that can be PoE-powered. It also offers the added benefit of allowing every one of them to have its own IP address. The latter will be enormously important in these buildings, which will incorporate hundreds or even thousands of sensors and all must be monitored and controlled from a single management system, either locally or virtually anywhere via the internet.
For several years, the gold standard in such buildings has been The Edge in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Fig. 1). The 430,500 ft.2 building is considered the smartest and greenest building in the world and a true engineering marvel. The building has more than 28,000 sensors of every imaginable type—all managed by a single system—and has the highest BREEAM score ever achieved of 98.36% BREEAM, or the Building Research Establishment Environment Assessment Methodology, is the world’s longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings.
The Edge uses 70% less electricity than a typical office building, producing more energy than it consumes.
Controllers for High-Power Apps
Of course, the ability to handle higher power requires device controllers that can meet this requirement, and in this regard the electronics industry is far ahead of the standard itself. For example, Linear Technology (now part of Analog Devices) created its LTPoE++ technology (Fig. 2) nearly a decade ago; it uses proprietary signaling techniques to achieve a maximum power level of 90 W. LTPoE++ has been used in the company’s controllers since then, and it was one of the key drivers of 802.3bt standard development.
The LT4295 is a good example of an LTPoE++-based PD controller designed to meet the needs of high-power applications such as wireless data systems, outdoor security cameras, public information displays, and any other system drawing up to 71 W.
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Will Moore’s and Metcalfe’s Laws Doom the IoT to the Dotcom Fate?
https://www.electronicdesign.com/industrial-automation/will-moore-s-and-metcalfe-s-laws-doom-iot-dotcom-fate
Technology innovation and rapidly growing connectivity are great—up to a point. So, it’s best to proceed with caution if and when applying these laws.
In 2017, Wired magazine heralded the end of the Internet of Things (IoT). The prediction was part of several tech expectations written by the Wired staff for that year. It turned out that the prediction was not really about the demise of the IoT industry, but rather the term itself.
Still, the misleading prediction made me wonder if the IoT would follow the same fate as the great tech bubble of the early 2000s, namely, the Dotcom burst. There are striking similarities, especially in terms of the two guiding tech principals that many pundits used to explain the rise and (in part) fall of the Dotcom companies, e.g., the laws of Moore and Metcalfe.
In the late 1990s, Dotcom tech-savvy proponents promoted two main reasons for the rapid growth of the industry: continued semiconductor technology innovation, and rapid network growth valuations that would lead to increased revenue potential. At the time, it certainly appeared that the key market drivers were the promise of Moore’s Law—cheaper, faster and more powerful chips—combined with Metcalf’s Law about the inherent value of an ever-increasing network.
Metcalfe’s Too-High Expectations?
Now let’s consider the other part of this Dotcom (and IoT) growth equation: Metcalfe’s Law. Several years after Moore’s original prediction, another technology pioneer—3Com co-founder Bob Metcalfe—stated that the value of a network grows with the square of the number of network nodes (or devices, or applications, or users, etc.), while the costs follow a more or less linear function. In other words, the value of the network increases as you add more people and applications to the network. Metcalfe’s Law attempts to quantify this increase in value as “n squared.”
Like Moore’s Law, Metcalfe’s Law is really an empirical observation—not really a law. The problem with Metcalfe’s Law first appeared during the Dotcom burst, where the law predicted growth that far outpaced the reality seen by network owners and investors.
A much more modest estimation of value was suggested years ago by Bob Briscoe, Andrew Odlyzko and Benjamin Tilly: “In our view, much of the difference between the artificial values of the dot-com era and the genuine value created by the Internet can be explained by the difference between the Metcalfe-fueled optimism of n2 and the more sober reality of n log(n).”
Dotcom Redux?
Let’s return to today’s IoT industry. Intel, Arm, and others have forecasted that 50 billion IoT devices will be connected by 2020. That growth number will lead to decreasing costs per unit for many IoT devices. Sound familiar? This is the innovation phenomena described by the Learning Curve (and Moore’s Law). It ensures continued innovation (increased power and decreasing power consumption) at lower cost for future IoT devices.
Since, by definition, all of these devices will be connected, the IoT growth also adheres to Metcalf’s Law—up to a point. The use of gateway devices and edge computing may well bring the proper balance to Metcalfe’s over-zealous prediction for end-user data points. And, in the process, lessen the likelihood of a repeat of the Dotcom bubble for IoT.
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How Innovative Technologies Are Driving Major Infrastructure Improvements in Smart Cities
https://www.electronicdesign.com/webcasts/how-innovative-technologies-are-driving-major-infrastructure-improvements-smart-cities?partnerref=EDCalendar_SEP2018&utm_rid=CPG05000002750211&utm_campaign=19514&utm_medium=email&elq2=15f0df9a4af34d29b15996af8216a17f
From smart streetlights to connected cars, more and more forward-thinking cities are piloting and deploying innovative IoT technologies to drive improvements in their infrastructure. In this webinar, we will explore the technologies involved in three smart city projects, take a deep dive into the basic elements of these systems, how the technologies work together, and the benefits these systems are delivering. We will also discuss future trends.
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SWARM robots
https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/our-stories/insights/2018/swarm-robots.aspx
Our exciting vision shows how robotics could be used to revolutionise the future of engine maintenance. Bringing another element of our IntelligentEngine vision to life, we have teamed up with academics Harvard University to demonstrate potential future technology of collaborative ‘swarm’ robots that crawl through the insides of an engine.
Each robot measures around 10mm in diameter which would be deposited in the centre of an engine via a ‘snake’ robot and would then perform a visual inspection of hard to reach areas by crawling through the engine. These robots would carry small cameras that provide a live video feed back to the operator allowing them to complete a rapid visual inspection of the engine without having to remove it from the aircraft.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Week in Review: IoT, Security, Auto
OCF and IoT; Toyota and Uber; NIO’s IPO.
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-iot-security-auto-8/
Electrolux, Haier, LG Electronics, and Samsung Electronics announced they are working with the Open Connectivity Foundation, an Internet of Things standards body, to build, commercialize, and deploy interoperable OCF-Certified connected products during 2019. In addition, the OCF is launching an enhanced security model and secure cloud management capabilities, making use of public key infrastructure technology. “With security and integration being quoted as top key challenges across organizations deploying IoT, according to the latest IDC IoT European survey, a unified approach towards interoperability and secured connected devices like the one announced by the OCF today is certainly welcome. It should help reassure organizations in their current and future IoT plans of these vendors’ intentions to address their key concerns,” Marta Munoz, research director, IDC EMEA, said in a statement.
Verizon Communications now offers fixed voice capability on its Cat M IoT service and will introduce mobile voice capability in the next month.
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The self-powered current loop: Still a viable transducer-interface option
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/power-points/4461045/The-self-powered-current-loop–Still-a-viable-transducer-interface-option?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=link&utm_medium=EDNFunFriday-20180831
IoT connectivity is a hot topic, but it’s not a new idea, except for the “Internet” aspect. Industrial and some commercial applications have been connecting all sorts of sensors and transducers to computer-based data-acquisition and control systems for decades, and IoT is amplifying the reach and number of these end-points.
There’s a wide choice of ways to physically transfer the signals and their data; some approaches require minimal signal conditioning while others are better suited for fully conditioned and digitized signals. Among the options are wired connections such as those using RS-423/485 as well as wireless ones such as Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and many proprietary approaches.
All these IoT points have one thing in common: they obviously need power to operate.
There’s a wide choice of ways to physically transfer the signals and their data; some approaches require minimal signal conditioning while others are better suited for fully conditioned and digitized signals. Among the options are wired connections such as those using RS-423/485 as well as wireless ones such as Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and many proprietary approaches.
All these IoT points have one thing in common: they obviously need power to operate.
For many years, as control systems changed between the 1930s and the 1950s from pneumatic-based implementations to electrical ones, the most common interface was the 0–20 mA current loop, also called the 4–20 mA loop.
There’s no doubt that the venerable self-powered current loop still has its place. As with most engineering decisions, there is no simple, single “right” choice, instead there is only a “best” solution in each situation, admittedly with tradeoffs and compromises.
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We need smart networks for tomorrow’s smarter cities
https://www.electropages.com/2018/09/smart-networks-for-tomorrows-smarter-cities/?utm_campaign=&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=article&utm_content=We+need+smart+networks+for+tomorrow%27s+smarter+cities
Smart cities need smart technology to improve the lives of its residents and to streamline the whole operation and maintenance of urban infrastructure.
And while you can’t necessarily use the same technology everywhere – geographical features, financial challenges, cultural considerations and technical issues all come into play when thinking about how to implement the smart city. What is clear is that the Internet of Things (IoT) will play a key role.
The IoT enables sensors and other connected devices to send data off for processing, either locally or in the cloud.
Of course, connecting every street lamp, traffic light, energy meter, parking space, rubbish bin and more to the cloud – not to mention all the electrical appliances in every home and workplace – results in an enormous density of kit. And this raises big technical questions. How do you link all of these devices together in a way that’s energy-efficient, reliable and economically sustainable? What kind of network technology and topology do you need?
Mesh and capillary networks
Mesh networks are an obvious choice for smart cities.
Another approach is to use capillary networks. Here, a local mesh network connects to the cloud through some kind of gateway, usually via a low-bandwidth cellular technology.
Mesh and capillary networks are particularly valuable when data volumes are fairly low and latency isn’t a major consideration. They provide broad geographical coverage that can penetrate into locations that would otherwise be difficult to reach, because data only needs to be passed short distances between individual nodes
Choosing the right connectivity kit
Rolling out an effective and durable mesh network, however, can be challenging. Issues include node interoperability, network coverage, scalability and security. One part of the solution is to choose appropriate hardware. For example, the NINA Bluetooth Low Energy series of modules supports a number of mesh technologies, including Bluetooth Mesh, Thread and Wirepas Mesh. For the connection between the mesh network and the cloud, the SARA series of cellular modules enables smart city developers to use technologies such as LTE Cat M1 or Narrowband IoT.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The self-powered current loop: Still a viable transducer-interface option
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/power-points/4461045/The-self-powered-current-loop–Still-a-viable-transducer-interface-option?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
IoT connectivity is a hot topic, but it’s not a new idea, except for the “Internet” aspect. Industrial and some commercial applications have been connecting all sorts of sensors and transducers to computer-based data-acquisition and control systems for decades, and IoT is amplifying the reach and number of these end-points.
There’s a wide choice of ways to physically transfer the signals and their data
All these IoT points have one thing in common: they obviously need power to operate. This can be derived via energy harvesting (solar, vibration, thermal, and RF, for example) or a long-life battery; 10 years is a very attainable lifetime, using systems operating with a low duty cycle, low sleep current, and a suitable battery.
Ironically, there is an older, wired alternative that solves the power problem: the self-powered 20-mA current-loop interface (Figure 1). It’s easy to assume that this simple, ancient interface is nearly obsolete and not recommended for new designs, but that’s not the case at all. In fact, IC vendors are still announcing ever-more powerful versions of interface ICs for this loop.
The design of the self-powered current loop is the epitome of simplicity and technical succinctness, which is one of its advantages.
allows receiving the power and transmitting data over a 2-wire, 4–20 mA current loop. The major restriction is that the sensor and its conditioning functions not consume more than 3–4 mA
Although originally intended for analog signals, the loop did not have any controlling protocol, and so could be used to represent digital signals rather than analog
it is relatively immune to EMI
as a one-loop-per-endpoint interconnect, it is fairly easy to install, label, trace, and troubleshoot.
need to provide each loop with a current source that delivers anywhere from a few volts to about 24 VDC
There’s no doubt that the venerable self-powered current loop still has its place.
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The venerable 4-20mA current loop still has a lot to offer, especially with modem protocols (such as HART) that can ride along on top if desired.
Current loops were also used for long serial datacomm links
And, considerably before that, 50mA (not 20) were used for the teletypes used by the news services, and for many other purposes as well. To handle the long distances involved, the excitation voltage was generally somewhere between 90 and 150 volts; relays (with low-impedance coils) were the receiving elements, and simple contact closures were the transmitters.
. You even have built-in diagnostics that the link is broken with just 2-wires. Most microcontrollers have a built-in A/D that can accept the converted signal, and as you mentioned the input impedance is low (typically 100ohms). This low impedance makes it relatively noise immune.
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Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Samsung says it will let third-party developers build apps for its Bixby assistant later this year — – Samsung will launch a software developers kit (SDK) and an application programming interface (API) for Bixby. — Samsung will allow third-party developers to build apps for Bixby …
Samsung to challenge Amazon’s Alexa by letting developers make apps for its Bixby voice assistant
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/04/samsung-bixby-software-developers-kit-sdk.html
Samsung will launch a software developers kit (SDK) and an application programming interface (API) for Bixby.
This means developers can create apps for Samsung’s voice assistant.
The SDK and API will be launched at the Samsung Developer Conference in November.
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IoT Category Added to Pwn2Own Hacking Contest
https://www.securityweek.com/iot-category-added-pwn2own-hacking-contest
This year’s mobile-focused Pwn2Own hacking competition organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) will include a new category for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
The event, whose name has been changed from Mobile Pwn2Own to Pwn2Own Tokyo as a result of the expansion, will take place alongside the PacSec security conference in Tokyo, Japan, on November 13 – 14.
Hackers can earn over $500,000 in cash and prizes if they manage to find and exploit vulnerabilities in devices from Google, Apple, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Amazon and Nest.
In the new IoT category, contestants can earn up to $60,000 if they can execute arbitrary code without user interaction on Apple Watch Series 3, Amazon Echo (2nd generation), Google Home, Nest Cam IQ Indoor and Amazon Cloud Cam devices.
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Critical IoT Security Issues in the News
https://www.securerf.com/critical-iot-security-issues-in-the-news?utm_campaign=Email%20Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65591578&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9U6p3v32ZP2h4F_EZBuqklXQkz0fd404sDoL-5XFf0NWZULKle_m8Zl_i4Fkx9dSRnCIEUucUn-Y57XBEEACvi1r5GLIuf0xXBG_FEy2JvA3zTIxs&_hsmi=65591578
Israeli Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in Smart Sprinkler Systems
Researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev recently published a paper asserting that it is possible for bad actors to create a botnet of irrigation systems.
Hacked Smart Devices Could Trigger Mass Blackouts
At the Usenix Security conference in Baltimore last month, researchers from Princeton University demonstrated how an IoT botnet of high wattage home devices such as air conditioners and water heaters could take down an entire power grid, causing mass blackouts.
Quantum Computing Is Our Modern Space Race, Says Director of Quantum Computing at Intel
Jim Clarke, Director of Quantum Hardware at Intel Labs, recently expressed his support of the National Quantum Initiative Act currently making its way through Congress.
oT Security Issues Will Lead to Legal ‘Feeding Frenzy,’ Says Well-known Attorney at Black Hat Conference
At Black Hat USA 2018 in Las Vegas last month, the attorney who represented plaintiffs in the infamous 2015 Jeep hack spoke on the legal implications of IoT security issues. According to Ijay Palansky, partner at the law firm Armstrong Teasdale, plaintiff attorneys are anticipating hack-related lawsuits as more consumer IoT devices are rushed to release without adequate security.
Bad Actors Exploiting Networks Through IoT Devices, Says FBI
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center issued a public service announcement last month regarding cyber threat actors using IoT devices as a means of exploiting computer networks. The PSA points out that IoT devices in developed nations such as the United States are particularly susceptible to these attacks, as they provide an entrance to networks that would otherwise block suspicious IP addresses.
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Black Hat 2018: IoT Security Issues Will Lead to Legal ‘Feeding Frenzy’
https://threatpost.com/black-hat-2018-iot-security-issues-will-lead-to-legal-feeding-frenzy/134997/
A “wave of litigation over IoT liability is on the horizon,” according to an attorney who has represented plaintiffs in the 2015 Jeep hack.
LAS VEGAS – The troves of insecure internet of things (IoT) devices have not yet led to widespread legal implications. But that’s set to change, a well-known attorney warned at Black Hat USA last week.
Ijay Palansky, partner at the law firm Armstrong Teasdale, said at the conference last week that IoT-related security issues have been challenging from a lawsuit perspective; despite high-profile headlines, there haven’t been that many IoT hacks, and there’s a lack of understanding of the technology and how the law applies to it, said Palansky.
However, he said that this is on the verge of changing.
“There will be more hacks,” he said from the stage during a session at the show. “The plaintiff’s bar has been salivating over [IoT] – it’s going to be a feeding frenzy.”
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IoT gets smarter but still needs backend analytics
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3301141/internet-of-things/iot-gets-smarter-but-still-needs-backend-analytics.html
Most IoT devices lack the computational power to carry out the level of machine learning necessary in truly smart IoT deployments, but they can act on the lessons machine learning provides.
One way of looking at IoT deployments is this – a large array of not-particularly-sophisticated endpoints, mindlessly sending individual data points like temperature and pressure levels to either an edge device somewhere on a factory floor, or all the way out to a cloud back-end or data center.
And that’s largely correct, in many cases, but it’s increasingly not the whole story – IoT endpoints are getting closer and closer to the ability to do their own analysis, leading to simpler architectures and more responsive systems. It’s not the right fit for every use case, but there are types of IoT implementation that are already putting the responsibility for the customizing their own metrics on the devices themselves, and more that could be a fit for such an architecture.
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https://www.tivi.fi/CIO/nain-alykkaat-iot-laitteet-saastavat-rahaa-kolme-tarkeaa-aluetta-6739454
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Hakai IoT botnet infects popular router brands
https://www.itproportal.com/news/hakai-iot-botnet-infects-popular-router-brands/
The growing IoT botnet has now infected routers from D-Link, Huawei and Realtek.
Security researchers have identified a new IoT botnet that has recently made its presence known online after lying dormant for months online.
The Hakai IoT botnet, named after the Japanese word for destruction, was first discovered in June by security researchers at NewSky Security. The first version of this new IoT botnet was based on the IoT malware strain Qbot that leaked online several years ago.
Security researcher at NewSky Security, Ankit Anubhav told ZDNet that the first version of the botnet was unsophisticated and rarely active. However, the author of the botnet initially wanted publicity and requested that Anubhav cover it.
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How IoT-Based Ride-Sharing Could Change the Way We Drive
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/hkirkpatrick/articles/how-iot-based-ride-sharing-could-change-the-way-we-drive
Uber and Lyft changed the landscape of how urban America gets around. The combination of the IoT and self-driving technology could change the game again.
The internet of things (IoT) allows us to control objects that we use every day remotely through the internet. Whether it’s surveillance cameras, smartwatches, or cars, technology has changed the way that we use and interact with objects. And someday, it might just change the way we drive, ride, and transport ourselves and our families.
Cars being connected to the IoT is not a new concept. Because anything that can be remotely controlled wirelessly through the internet is technically an IoT object, cars have been on the ever-growing list for quite some time. Now, with self-driving cars on the horizon, more opportunities exist to use this connection to make our lives easier.
The idea behind IoT-based ride-sharing is that a car could be controlled remotely via the internet, thus performing the job of a driver. Although this would act similarly to the ride-sharing apps that we already use and trust, the car would be controlled through autonomous driving technology.
Driving already changed once — it can change again
Ride-sharing revolutionized the way that millions of people catch rides every day. Uber and Lyft changed the landscape of how urban America gets around. Self-driving technology could change the game again, which is why many companies are looking to get ahead of the curve.
The future is now
Investments in self-driving technology are already starting. The ride-sharing companies aren’t the only ones in on the game, however.
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Electronic Stickers Make Any Objects ‘Smart’ for IoT Expansion
https://www.designnews.com/electronics-test/electronic-stickers-make-any-objects-smart-iot-expansion/51479124759196?ADTRK=UBM&elq_mid=5515&elq_cid=876648
A new fabrication method enables electronic stickers that can be attached to any devices to enable a streamlined, expanded Internet of Things.
Researchers have been working tirelessly in recent years to come up with smaller and flexible sensors for myriad Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Such devices are beginning to flood the market on their way to becoming ubiquitous throughout businesses, people’s homes, and even public locations. A team at Purdue University and the University of Virginia has come up with a solution in the development of electronic stickers that could allow these devices to sense their environment and eventually connect with other devices.
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https://hub.elisa.fi/hydraulivasaroiden-valmistus-tehostuu-iotn-avulla/
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[Teema] Omakynä: Meidän täytyy keksiä säännöt IoT:lle
https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/kyberturvallisuus/tietoturvanyt/2017/11/ttn201711301336.html
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https://citydevlabs.fi/sulautettujen-esineiden-internet/
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I Dream of IoT/Chapter 2 : IoT and IPv6
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/I_Dream_of_IoT/Chapter_2_:_IoT_and_IPv6
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The IoT (Internet of Teeth)
https://hackaday.com/2018/04/01/the-iot-internet-of-teeth/
Get ready for another step towards our dystopian future as scientists have invented a way to track and monitor what we eat. This 2mm x 2mm wireless sensor can be mounted on to teeth and can track everything that goes into your mouth. Currently it can monitor salt, glucose, and alcohol intake. The sensor then communicates wirelessly to a mobile device that tracks the data. Future revisions are predicted to monitor a wide range of nutrients and chemicals that can get ingested.
Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Wireless real-time monitoring could add precision to the linkage between diet and health
https://now.tufts.edu/news-releases/scientists-develop-tiny-tooth-mounted-sensors-can-track-what-you-eat
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Deploying wireless integrated sensors for proper LED lighting: SensiLUM
https://www.edn.com/design/led/4461060/Deploying-wireless-integrated-sensors-for-proper-LED-lighting–SensiLUM?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
Lighting in commercial facilities can be very costly. There has been an ever-growing demand to lower costs by switching from incandescent lighting (sorry Edison!) to fluorescent lighting, also known as compact fluorescent lights (CFLs).
Enter the LED. Facility managers are always looking for ways to increase building efficiency and the IoT is here with great solutions.
The latest LED light technologies bring up to 85% less energy consumption.
The wireless integrated sensor
A critical part of a successful luminaire design and deployment in a building are wireless integrated sensors that will enable the IoT. Each individual lighting device in an area becomes a data node on a lighting system network. This enables the harvesting of critical data for the safe, successful, and efficient deployment of a modern lighting system
The lighting system data is collected and processed for such amenities as simple control strategies like the adjustment of light levels in response to daylight and also dimming and switching lighting on or off depending on occupancy status. Future capabilities of such data, from each wireless integrated sensor, can be used for a range of operational activities, such as emerging non-lighting smart building applications like space optimization, conference room booking, desk hoteling, wayfinding, and other features that will emerge as this system matures with new developments in the future.
In this article, I want to focus upon Osram’s SensiLUM, a multi-featured wireless integrated sensor. This device enables occupancy detection, daylight harvesting, and individual or group control of luminaires.
DEXAL (data exchange for advanced lighting)
DEXAL is an industry standard, bi-directional communication interface for power and data. It enables bi-directional communication between the LED driver and any device like SensiLUM or Lutron, etc., but the other parties would have to provide the software for their device. This enables wireless luminaire control and wireless data exchange between the luminaire and the cloud software or something like Osram’s Encelium Polaris 3D.
Using DEXAL, we can see power consumption down to the luminaire level if needed. DEXAL drivers can power SensiLUM over the DEXAL+ and DEXAL- ports on the driver with no extra wires for power needed, or alternatively using the AUX output on the 0-10V drivers
SensiLUM can be used with one luminaire, up to four DEXAL luminaires, or up to 10 0-10V luminaires.
SensiLUM sensors have 0-10V dimming control or can use DEXAL control options. The DEXAL interface option enables bi-directional communication and power between the driver and the SensiLUM sensor; this makes it ideal for smart building applications that require exact luminaire-specific data, including power consumption, temperature profile, operating hours, and diagnostics.
This product enables wireless control of luminaires using the Zigbee wireless protocol. It also has a sensor for PIR detection and occupant detection as well as a photosensor for daylight harvesting. With Zigbee, the sensors can talk to the other sensors and the signal bounces back and forth. The back-end of all of this connects to a wireless wall station where you can control the system or use a wireless manager feed, which is connected to a server.
Osram’s goal in doing all of this was to turn every luminaire into a data point.
SensiLUM can control the LED driver and can automatically detect the difference between an analog 0-10V LED driver and a DEXAL driver based on wiring. No additional settings are needed
SensiLUM fits into a ½-inch industry standard knockout in the luminaire; no screws are needed.
SensiLUM sensors, along with wall stations, communicate to a wireless manager. There can be multiple wired or wireless wall stations and multiple SensiLUM sensors tied to the wireless manager. Wireless managers today can support up to 100 nodes, including wall stations, sensors, and other control devices.
SensiLUM has a built-in end-of-line testing protocol, so that each time you cycle power to the luminaire, it goes through a defined test cycle:
Upon power cycle, the luminaire turns ON and reaches its full lumen output.
The sensor then cycles through the entire dimming range starting from 100% output level to OFF* two times. This confirms that the sensor is receiving power and is able to communicate the 0-10V dimming signals to the power supply.
The blinking of the red LED on the sensor is also an indicator that the sensor has not been paired with an active network and that it is actively scanning for open networks. The end-of-line testing routine repeats at each power cycle.
An alternative way to test the sensors at a contractor’s job-site is the Osram key FOB test tool for field contractors.
https://www.osram.com/ds/highlights/dexal/index.jsp
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https://hackaday.com/2018/08/27/fosscon-2018-hacking-the-indego-bike-sharing-api/
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BBC:
UK retailer Argos launches a voice shopping service that lets customers check product availability and reserve products using Google Assistant — Catalogue retailer Argos has launched a “voice shopping” service to let people reserve products in a local store using a Google Home smart speaker.
Argos launches ‘voice shopping’ with Google Home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45418970
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How do innovations build smart cities?
https://innovationcloud.com/blog/how-do-innovations-build-smart-cities/?vis=bpfb2708
Hey, are you aware your city is dumb?
My city is dumb? How dare you?! Ok, maybe sometimes I get annoyed searching for a parking spot for half an hour, or when the dumpsters are so full I can’t throw away even a tissue. Ahmm…there are a few things, actually, now when I think about it, that make me feel like my city isn’t made to suit my needs. In a sense it’s inefficient, some solutions being outdated. It could use some innovation. You think we can make it smart?
Yes, definitely, emerging technologies can do wonders for city life. By 2050 it is expected that around 60% of the population will live in cities, and we need to make our surroundings capable of handling such a large number of people.
A city is considered to be smart when it’s able to evolve by using the best tools in order to make the lives of its residents easier on several levels. Smart city uses technology collaboration to make public utilities like parking, transportation and waste management, emergency services, street lighting, security etc., more efficient and optimized.
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Week in Review: IoT, Security, Auto
IP security; Equifax breach; NXP buys OmniPHY.
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-iot-security-auto-9/
Silicon Labs worked with Norway’s Q-Free to create the ParQSense Smart Parking Sensor, which helps drivers find available outdoor parking spaces. ParQSense uses the chip company’s Wonder Gecko wireless microcontroller for connectivity and control.
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Dami Lee / The Verge:
Samsung debuts SmartThings tracker with LTE for real-time location tracking, geofencing alerts, more; coming Sept. 14 for $99 with AT&T, $5/mo. after first year
Samsung’s SmartThings Tracker uses LTE to find your misplaced items
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/9/10/17841570/samsung-smartthings-tracker-gps-lte-m
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Plant Wearables and Airdropped Sensors Could Sow Big Data Seeds
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/energy/environment/plant-wearables-and-airdropped-sensors-could-sow-big-data-seeds
Stretchable plant wearables and smart tags dropped by drones aim to help give farming a big data makeover. The relatively cheap technologies for mass monitoring of individual plants across large greenhouses or crop fields could get field tests in three countries starting in 2019.
Many commercial agricultural monitoring systems often taken the form of extensively-trained computer vision camera systems that monitor plant growth, and baton-shaped sensors stuck in the soil to measure conditions such as temperature or humidity. But these are often ill-equipped to monitor the more minute changes in plant and environmental conditions—or else they are too expensive for many farmers to use on a large scale.
“The plant monitoring systems you can get at Home Depot or Amazon are fairly expensive, and you have to go throughout the field and place them individually without them being able to communicate,” Hussain explains. “And when they get smarter with communication, the price goes up.”
Both KAUST sensors rely on a low-power system that lasted for an average of 151 days while logging data every two seconds during early lab testing. This system consists of a small rechargeable lithium ion battery and a programmable-system-on-chip with 256 kB of internal flash memory to record and store data. Bluetooth chips enable the sensors to transmit their data either to nearby drones or people with smartphones.
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Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Today’s smart home is better described as a remote-controlled home; more data and better interoperability between IoT devices is needed for a truly “smart” home — Today you can have a fully connected home complete with sensors to monitor temperature, humidity, air quality …
The future of the Home of the Future
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/10/17832708/home-of-future-grant-imahara-smart-assistant-google-alexa
Today you can have a fully connected home complete with sensors to monitor temperature, humidity, air quality, energy usage, and more, and check in on almost any appliance from anywhere in the world with just a smartphone. But even with all of the various connected appliances, virtual assistants, and copious sensors that can be installed in a modern smart home, the “smart” side of things is still rather lacking.
It’s perhaps best then to think of today’s smart home as a remote-controlled home. No matter how many sensors you have or connected appliances you install, you often still have to manually control things, whether that’s through an app, a voice assistant like Google Home or Amazon’s Alexa, or an old-fashioned switch on the wall. You can program things like a thermostat’s schedule or timers for lights, or use a motion detector to turn lights on and off automatically. But those are things you have to set up — it’s very rare that the home can automatically react to what’s happening or how it‘s being used and adjust itself, which would truly make it “smart.”
Controlling your home in this manual fashion has gotten easier. Virtual assistants such as Alexa and the Google Assistant now let you set up routines, so multiple smart devices can be controlled at a specific time or with one command.
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Pump up the lifetime value with SmartPump-solution
05/09/2018News, Uncategorized
In a $60 billion market – SmartPumps make a huge impact
https://www.distence.fi/en/pump-up-the-lifetime-value-with-smartpump-solution/
The industrial pump market size is somewhere around $60 billion, growing at over 5% CAGR. Considering the enormous global installed base, though hard to estimate, the product group has a huge impact on both energy usage and overall economy just on its own, but even more so when considering the extended product. There are numerous initiatives, including EU regulation work, to increase pump efficiency and to extend their life and for a reason. When we add to the above numbers the average life of an industrial pump, 15-20 years, we start to understand the enormity of this sector.
Over the past few months, the IIoT market has shown a lot of activity in the pumps area. Pumps are often associated with critical processes, so the need for intelligent applications and the demand for implementations especially in the aftermarket have been seen for years. The most recent change in the market is the increase in activity among manufacturers in this space. Many manufacturers are implementing applications that can provide better lifecycle management and optimization, provide tools to distributors in value-added production and, in the long run, increase client intimacy and use information to further develop the product.
Distence offers a complete platform and tools for these applications.
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Smart thermostat market to witness outstanding growth by 2025: Report
https://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/pt/2018/09/smart-thermostat-market-to-witness-outstanding-growth-by-2025-report.html?cmpid=enl_cim_cim_data_center_newsletter_2018-09-10&pwhid=6b9badc08db25d04d04ee00b499089ffc280910702f8ef99951bdbdad3175f54dcae8b7ad9fa2c1f5697ffa19d05535df56b8dc1e6f75b7b6f6f8c7461ce0b24&eid=289644432&bid=2231633
On the basis of network technology, the global smart thermostat market can be segmented into wired technology and wireless technology. Wireless technology is expected to create great growth opportunity for the growth of the global smart thermostat sensor market.
Wireless network technology for the global smart thermostat market can be further sub segmented into Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, Zigbee and Bluetooth. On the basis of application, the market can be segmented into residential, commercial, Industrial and others.
Smart Thermostat Market to Witness an Outstanding Growth by 2025
https://www.findmarketresearch.org/2018/09/smart-thermostat-market-to-witness-an-outstanding-growth-by-2025/
On the basis of network technology, the global smart thermostat market can be segmented into wired technology and wireless technology. Wireless technology is expected to create great growth opportunity for the growth of global smart thermostat sensor market. Wireless network technology can be further sub segmented into Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, Zigbee and Bluetooth.
On the basis of application, the global smart thermostat market can be segmented into residential, commercial, Industrial and others.
On the basis of region, the global smart thermostat market can be segmented into seven regions which includes, North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Eastern Europe, Japan and Middle East & Africa region.
The major players in the global smart thermostat market are Nest Labs, Inc., Emerson Electric Co., ecobee inc., tado° GmbH, Schneider Electric, Honeywell International Inc. and Carrier Corporation. Key players are focusing on product innovations to provide advanced solutions to consumers.
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/09/07/iot-sovellus-etsii-lahimman-sahkoauton-latauspisteen/
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How IoT-Based Ride-Sharing Could Change the Way We Drive
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/hkirkpatrick/articles/how-iot-based-ride-sharing-could-change-the-way-we-drive
Uber and Lyft changed the landscape of how urban America gets around. The combination of the IoT and self-driving technology could change the game again.
The internet of things (IoT) allows us to control objects that we use every day remotely through the internet. Whether it’s surveillance cameras, smartwatches, or cars, technology has changed the way that we use and interact with objects. And someday, it might just change the way we drive, ride, and transport ourselves and our families.
Cars being connected to the IoT is not a new concept. Because anything that can be remotely controlled wirelessly through the internet is technically an IoT object, cars have been on the ever-growing list for quite some time. Now, with self-driving cars on the horizon, more opportunities exist to use this connection to make our lives easier.
The idea behind IoT-based ride-sharing is that a car could be controlled remotely via the internet, thus performing the job of a driver. Although this would act similarly to the ride-sharing apps that we already use and trust, the car would be controlled through autonomous driving technology.
Tomi Engdahl says:
IoT continues to push the demand on engineers. Are you ready?