In this article, we are going to discuss on the real-time IoT applications. As we all know that IoT(Internet of Things) in today’s world is one of the most celebrated topics and is used to make life easier. There are so many applications of IoT in the market which is increasing day by day. The devices of IoT that connects our data to the devices are on a demand. These devices are called real-time devices or smart devices that reduce human efforts. So, now we are going to discuss on the real-time IoT devices. The following is the applications:
Contents
- Smart Home
- Smart City
- IoT in HealthCare
- Smart Agriculture
- Smart Cars
- Industrial Automation
- Wearable Devices
- Smart Retail
- Smart Grid
- IoT Tracking and Monitoring
Smart Home
Smart home is one of the most useful features of IoT devices on a demand. People are very much fond of it. So, it is nothing but an automatic control of home appliances to make human life easier and simpler. Just like it acts as a human-robot. It adds a feather to the real-time IoT after this innovation.
Now, coming to the point what makes the craze on smart home devices. It is nothing but the save of money, energy, efforts of the human being. Just like sitting on the bed we can simply switch off the light, fan, close the door, make dinner, wash clothes, clean the floor and many more. Now think about it isn’t this cool?
Now, so many companies have been developed by making smart home devices. They are getting a huge profit every day by selling their products as home automation become their building block. Some of the best smart home devices are:
- Amazon Alexa: It can play music, make a phone call, make a reminder, tell about the news, find the nearby restaurants, get answers to your question, turn on and off the light, lock the door and many more.
- Google Assistant: It is a voice control device. It has google cast plus voice assistant with Bluetooth and USB charging, clock system, multiple alarm, play music, control smartphones and tablet.
- Amazon Echo: It can play music, make a phone call, make a reminder, tell about the news, find the nearby restaurants, get answers to your question, turn on and off the light, lock the door and many more.
- Philips Hue lightbulbs: Gives a pre-set light need as required, stay connected, gives many shades of white light.
- Wink Hub 2: Add voice control by combing with Alexa devices.
- Samsung SmartThings Hub: Connects the smartphones and make them work together. It has light, speaker, thermostat, sensor and more.
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Smart Cities
IoT is exploring its area. Earlier, the smart home or home automation where it operates a home. Now, it is managing a city. Just imagine how life has become easier and simpler.
So, what are the features of a smart city?
It helps people overcome severe problems like pollution, traffic congestion, shortage of energy supply, drainage system, municipal services, etc.
People can find the parking slots easily, the map by installing the application on their smartphones. The Internet of Things connected devices connects them.
IoT in HealthCare
IoT has explored its area of well being of people. IoT technology impacts great potential in connected healthcare services. It gives special care to patients. By asking questions it detects the decease of the patients, consult the proper doctor and also the proper treatments, locations of the hospitals and store of medicines. Therefore, collecting data helps in personalized analysis. In conclusion, everyone is appreciating this new revolutionary invention of IoT dedicated to peoples’ care. There are such companies and applications which helps people in connected healthcare.
Smart Agriculture
Due to the hike in population, the demand for food supply is increasing day by day. In these circumstances, the farmers need to apply some technical support to grow more foods. Therefore, IoT here also came to play the role. The countries are giving technical support to the farmers. So that they can test soil, control water usage, keep in proper sunlight, moisture, fertilizer. Similarly, they are able to grow foods sufficiently and are also supplying to the whole world. Smart agriculture makes a productive infrastructure which connects our data to the IoT devices using sensors and installed apps. It is the key for future agricultural industry. In some countries, it is very much popular and those are:
Smart Cars
Iot is changing the world of mobility using the cars.
IoT has also given a huge change in the features of vehicles. Similarly, it is enhancing the growth of the car companies as the demand is on a hike. In addition, connected cars or smart cars use the dedicated short-range communications(DSRC). However, they are having the feature to operate on its own. Therefore, it has an auto-maintenance, auto parking feature, it gives comfort to the passengers. So, anyone can find the nearest coffee shop, or the petrol pump using the in-built car application. They use the data network for carrying vehicle navigation, diagonostics, weather, traffic report, web browsing etc. The following are the benefits of smart cars:
- Vehicle tracking
- Driver-less driving
- In-built iOS and android apps
- Revenue management
- Smart wallet
- Auto-parking
- Automatic fare calculation
- language support
- Total control IoT device
- Traffic jam assist
- Safety assist
Here is a few world best smart cars:
Read more about connected cars.
Industrial Automation
This is another one of the most useful applications of IoT. Here the quality and the faster development are the most crucial factors which can be well managed by IoT devices. IoT wins another crown by exploring its functionality in low cost and good customer experience. The revolutionary solutions which it brings to this are:
- Factory digitization
- Inventory management
- Safety and security
- Quality control
- Product flow monitoring
- Packaging optimization
- Logistics and supply chain optimization
Industrial IoT or IIoT is a strategic priority for manufacturing companies as it allows them to give an excellent experience to their customers as well as improve cost-efficiency of their internal operations. In conclusion, by simplifying field service and reducing TCO(Total Cost of Ownership) for the customer it has become the smart selling feature for the modern industry. Kaa delivers an essential toolkit for the Industrial Internet of Things.
Wearable Devices
We all know that IoT has changed our whole lifestyle. Life has become easy, comfortable and secure. From the above pictorial representation, we can see that the man is getting every essential needs that is required. As a result, he’s more secure than others. Isn’t it awesome? Now, tell me how many of you want to be like him. I think everyone :-).
Wearable devices are connecting life. A few years back we wouldn’t imagine about a smartwatch that can give many features like the time, weather report, make a phone call etc. Similarly, a smart band which provides GPS tracking. We couldn’t be bothered about where we are going. GPS will guide us properly. Also, a smart cloth can protect us from heat, rain, and removes back-pain. Likewise, the fitness tracker makes a report of our health. Seems like it counts pulse rate, blood pressure, steps we walk, calory burning, sleep history, and many more. As a result, we can guess that our future is going to be very thought-provoking. The name of some wearable devices are smart:
There are some world-famous companies who are dealing with our everyday wearable devices. Therefore for these growing companies, our lives are changing. The names are:
Smart Retail
Another segment where IoT has made its mark in retail. It provides a platform to connect the customers with the retailers and as a result, customers gain an in-store experience. Hence the smartphones link the distributors with the customers. The retailer can better serve the customer due to the interaction over the smartphones. Likewise, the customers get to know about any products, compare the price with other markets, check the design, decide to buy, pay online via UPI transaction, just by clicking smartphones. As a result, both the customers and the retailers are taking benefits. Here are some best retail companies in India.
- Reliance Retail
- Future group
- Aditya Birla Retail
- The Raymond Group
- Godrej Consumer Products LTD.
- Shoppers Stop
- Titan Company
The top retail companies in India are owing to improve the standard of living in the region coupled with disposable income.
Smart Grid
Do you ever know the meaning of a grid? Well, grid refers to the “electric grid”, a network of transmission lines, substations, transformers and more that deliver electricity from the power plant to home, business. However, now coming to the point that what makes a grid smart? Here are a few points that make a grid “smart”:
- More efficient transmission of electricity.
- Quicker restoration of electricity after power disturbance.
- Increased integration of large scale renewable energy system.
- Lower electricity rate due to reduced peak demand.
- Operation and management cost reduced for utilities.
- Improved security.
We all know that in this digitized world a single blackout day( a kind of electricity disturbance) can leave an impact on banking, business, communication, traffic, security and many more. So, it can make a serious hazard on mankind. Hence to overcome these circumstances smart grid has come to take the role. It helps us by addressing the news of storms, earthquakes, solar flares, terrorist attacks etc. Likewise it will allow to automatic rerouting when equipment fails or outages occur. In addition to this smart grid also provides smart meters that allow the consumer to see how much energy is used. To know more about smart grid click here.
IoT Tracking and Monitoring
Internet of things encompasses devices like sensors, actuators, motors etc. Nowadays everyone wants to secure the valuable objects like vehicles. Security is enhanced by using GPS. Therefore, the proposed system is used as an anti-theft system in the transport system. Internet of things in vehicles tracking system currently working on the three technologies. Those are:
- Radiofrequency identification or RFID: RFID helps to control and track products.
- Global positioning system or GPS: Obtain real-time information on routes.
- Onboard diagonostics or OBD II: OBD II obtains information on vehicle maintenance and driving conditions
Now coming to point that how it works in fleet technology. Here are the steps of its operation:
- Locations of the vehicles are collected on GPS, OBD II and sensors.
- Collected data are sent to a local gateway over a data connection.
- The gateway sends information to the network server. Speed, location, direction of the vehicles are sent to the secure server in the cloud.
- The server of the application sends reports about the vehicle to the driver or the supervisor.
IoT enables to set up an automatic flow of logistics processes as the interconnected device and work as a part of an integrated process. Similarly, if it finds any lag in the performance of vehicle it sends a notification to the supervisor. In addition, sharing, gathering real-time information helps in improvement. In conclusion, IoT adds better analytics in tracking and monitoring devices.
