Networking people
Ultimately, most discussions about the
connectivity on sensors aim at turning the human body into networked devices.
Microchip and RFID tags implanted under the skin have been hope, anxiety and
even legal restrictions over the past decade. However, companies like
PositiveID continue to promote the idea of the human tracking system by
testing products as GlucoChip, which can give diabetics the convenient blood
sugar monitoring and real time.
"I think the next frontier is
embedded", Thom Kennon, the strategic director of Y & R consulting for
major consumer brands on how to enhance user experiences, said. "The
circuit and receiver miniature has the greatest opportunity in our body."
While concerns about privacy and infringement are still there, Kennon considers
health care as the gateway which is clearest and the most convenient way for
embedded sensors because the % is increasing and enhancing the quality of life.
"But I also see a near future where would be appropriate to start
embedding chips for all practical utilities outside." Personal
identification devices can be used not only to have better health care but also
to safely access to locations, even display preferences for shops and service
providers.
Who provides conduits?
IPv6 IPv4 (Internet Protocol Version 4)
However, even though it is movie posters, car
panels or networked people, all billions of new devices and sensors need are a
way to plug into the network. A development of the Internet, a move to IPv6
protocol, will be very important. Internet of Things needs more IP addresses
than what current IPv4 version can handle. IPv4 will provide billions of new IP
addresses required for a physical connected world. However, the more important
is who will supply these connections between projects and business motivation
to build them. "It is not just about making everything that is
connected," Morgan said. "You need an infrastructure to glue them
up." He said the government is clearly leading in the implementation of
initial investments. Everything from the public facilities to parking meters
can be automated to illustrate their effectiveness now. "The combination
of public services may be the test environment and is developed with money of
the government, and then it is expanded into the private sector," he said.
Wireless companies like AT & T and Verizon
have been and are hoping that devices and sensor networks will use mobile data.
AT & T stated publicly that they had seen the bright future in the sale of
package to connect everything from the string for the dog to the medicine
bottle. This wireless supplier admitted that they were sending web data to
communication devices in cars and sending you text alerts when your dog left
the yard or a prescription needed purchasing.
According to experts, considering many
aspects, the technology behind Internet of Things was available. RFID, M2M
software, cheap sensors, networks everywhere and cloud computing are getting
ready to create a useful flow of data from almost anything, anytime, anywhere.
Nevertheless, turning that vision into reality involves making a firm business
case. According to Morgan, with equipment manufacturers, you need to show that
adding networking feature for the refrigerator or thermostat will make money
for the company and differentiate it in the market. With a networking person of
Kennon, "what needs to happen is a using case which is proven - some
original brands and the consumer crowd and that is: ‘intelligent human', is
embedded and open wireless through many ways which were unimaginable a few
years ago. "
