The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept where large-scale modern objects or devices, such as cars, home appliances, heating or lighting systems, various mobile devices, will be able to communicate with each other via the internet. We will explain about IoT in detail with industrial example in our next article.

What is the Internet of Things

In most cases, the Internet and its infrastructure allow communication between computers, so it is possible to access the Internet and establish connections from one computer to another to send messages and data. In a first synthesis, the difference between the Internet and the Internet of Things is that the latter will establish (automatically) connections, not only between computers but also between devices of different types and purposes. This brings on its own a series of implications both for the daily life of those using IoT, but also for the issues of financial, time and resource efficiency, and the list can continue.

 Thus, while a person using the Internet can access an enormous amount of information stored on remote computers, for example, textual, graphics, audio, virtual/digital reality (games), and can communicate in real-time with people positioned anywhere in the world, a person who has access to or has devices in the Internet of Things can do much more. The IoT Software Development at Atmo takes the IoT to a different level.

Here are two significant examples that will be possible in the Internet of Things:

The existence of smart homes that have built-in systems that work together to improve the lives of tenants. Such a system is the intelligent thermostat that can determine whether you are near your home (by locating your smartphone or laptop) and can increase your ambient temperature to an optimally predefined level (specified in real-time on your phone or laptop). Other systems could trigger automatic coffee preparation when the phone alarm sounds, automatically pulling up the blinds, opening the TV on a particular channel, or connecting the TV to the internet to show the weather forecast, traffic status, the most viewed video of the moment on youtube and so on.

The existence of intelligent machines that can prevent or avoid accidents without the driver being involved, in other words, the car can make decisions on its own, making possible the automatic detection of dangers, checking the state of the vehicle. Incidentally, there are currently self-propelled cars, so it might be possible to call your personal vehicle at the location where you are, directly on your phone or laptop, or why not on your smartwatch.

So, using the Internet of Things, all the objects you use could be remotely controlled, or more so, this process could work autonomously with a minimum of attention and guidance from the user, even smartly and proactively. Look at this.

What’s beyond the Internet of Things

The main element of the Internet of All Things is the way of communication – the Internet – which, besides being accessible on a planetary level, both on air (3G, 4G etc.) and traditional by wire, it becomes and what faster, with very high data transfer speeds. Another decisive factor without which the Internet of Things could not exist is the fact that it is possible to create microchips with very high processing power, incredibly extended digital storage media (storage) and at the same time in a space incredibly small.

The emerging novelty is the number of devices and hardware systems that can be connected to the Internet, much of which is reduced to the sensor function, with the role of measuring features and capturing proximity data that they will send far for analyzing more complex devices. And the existing sensor categories are in substantial numbers, for example, acoustic, radio, magnetic, GPS positioning or positioning relative to an object, vibration, chemical, electrical, weather, humidity, flow, radiation, angle, speed, acceleration, optics, pressure, force, density, level, thermics, etc.

The use of sensors to detect certain aspects of the objective reality, which transmit data to an analysis center through a ubiquitous internet globally, makes it possible to control machines at an unprecedented level.

Here is a useful reference: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-of-things-what-is-explained-iot

The main advantages of the Internet of all things are first and foremost the remote control of the devices, not just the computers in the internet network.