Scouring the web for inspiration on my next blog post, I came across 3 different but interesting articles related to the Internet of Things.These articles remind us that, even though a portion of us might think that our 'internet connected' world is still far away into the future, IoT is here - now. And perhaps most importantly, we should now start to consider how this technology will continue to shape the way we live.
The first article is from FastCompany and discusses how IoT will change our workplace, from optimizing our workspace to gathering/analyzing various amounts of data on the fly. One of the challenges, as the article correctly points out, is how do businesses connect their equipment/facilities to the internet without losing the human interaction. The robots are coming...
The next article on Furtune is about a new start-up called Helium who boldly claims it wants to be the Android of the Internet of Things. The company has launched a smart sensor platform for IoT targeting the healthcare, food, and beverage industries. The platform will allow companies to monitor sensors for industrial applications, use the cloud to store the data generated by the sensors, and ultimately make sense of all the data.
Finally, I found this story on Nextgov, which is probably the most fascinating out of the three (at least to me!) as it talks about what the U.S. government is doing to protect the various Internet of Things of being exploited by criminals and hackers. The Wired article referenced in the Nextgov article is just one of the reasons why this is an important topic and why you should be especially concerned if you own a Jeep as seen in the video below.
Be sure to leave your comments if you find these articles interesting. Until next time!
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