Internet of Things, What is that and why it matters?
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Joseph David Araya Moore
Edwin Felipe González Porras
Luis Enrique Ramírez Vargas
Melissa Rodriguez Cubero
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
2018
Abstract
The Internet of Things is an emerging global Internet-based concept that facilitates the exchange information and services in a global network and has an impact on the performance, comfort but also in privacy of the everyone involved. It is recognized as one of the most important areas of future technology and is gaining vast attention from a wide range of industries.
Keywords: Internet, things, information, security, advantages
The Internet could be considered as one of the most revolutionary invention in human history. With the internet, a lot of facilities came including the opportunity to make connections between computers and networkings in order to satisfy the necessities of communication, information and to improve and create new technologies that would contribute to the economical, social and cultural development around the world. Its impact is seeing every day in most of the things we do.
Our day by day is constantly improving thanks to the influence of the technological advances and its facilities. Nowadays we are living in an era where the smartphones offer us the possibility to connect with people all over the world, make our work easier using a broad range of “apps”, an era where computers get more and more sophisticated in order to allow people and companies to have access and enjoy those advances, which in turn are related and co-existing with the Internet and the people declared phrases like “As the Internet of things advances, the very notion of a clear dividing line between reality and virtual reality becomes blurred, sometimes in creative ways.” (Geoff Mulgan)
When the term “Internet of Things” was introduced, the initial question was what is considered a “Thing”. Till recent years, groups of researchers and organizations tried to clarify its definition. IoT is the acronym for the term.
Microsoft proposes the term "the Internet of Everything", as another way of referring to the Internet of Things, the giant network of objects that connect to each other and exchange and analyze data. Not limited only to everyday items like phones, vehicles, or wearable devices; but including components as larger machines and macro-systems, such as airplane engines or big data centers.
There is no doubt that the technology and the internet area is making our lives better and that there is a world of opportunities and inventions that has not been discovered and developed yet.
The IoT surfaces as an opportunity to fully incorporate all kind of objects that didn’t have the ability to connect to the internet with the purpose of allowing them to send and receive data for a possible analysis in the future (if intended). Another way to put it would be that IoT is trying to integrate the physical world and the cyber space as this is what technology is progressing towards and take advantage of the information generated.
One of the most notable advantages is how easy it is to access to information which ends up being a double sided blade because it is true that this allows people get data and information from any part of the world thanks to the network, but like everything in the world not everything are advantages and we cannot disregard its disadvantages; if the devices are not properly secured it could mean that it is also easy for hackers and such to access your information and even steal important information.
In the paper "Security in the Internet of Things: A Review" (2012) the authors exposed a concern about the security and privacy as the key issues for IoT applications, and revealed that the technology still face some enormous challenges. Given that the shared data contains a large amount of private information, "preserving information security on the shared data is an important issue that cannot be neglected." (IoT Security: Ongoing Challenges and Research Opportunities, 2014).
However, the efficiency on communication is a clear advantage of what becomes more representative in the interconnection between devices causing the machines to become faster and to produce better information. It is not a coincidence that Hans Vestberg proclaimed “You’re going to see this ‘Internet of things’ start demanding network performance and making the networks much more aware of what is on top of them.”
According to data scientists estimate that there will be an approximate increase of 37% in energy needed by 2030 also an alarming increase of 60% in agricultural production to meet the needs of people by 2050 and finally about 40 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions are projected for the year 2040. But IoT technologies are opening up new possibilities to reduce pollution and improve how we create, consume, and manage Earth’s resources. Some of this possibilities include the saving of 9.1 gigatons of greenhouse gases through implementing IoT technologies or a 30% decrease in fuel consumption with car that could communicate with each other to reduce things such as the need to stop at intersections. This comes to show how important it is for us to support such campaigns that will help us survive and try to reduce the damage we cause to the earth.
Though we may not be aware of it, we are part of an era in which IoT technology is becoming a big part in our everyday lives and it will only become a more important part as the days go by. The Internet of Things opens opportunities, and we truly hope that after reading this you now understand what IoT (Internet of things) is, how important it is and what it’s limitations are.
References
Are self-driving vehicles good for the environment? (2015). Retrieved from https://ensia.com/features/are-self-driving-vehicles-good-for-the-environment/
Climate-smart agriculture sourcebook. (2014). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
How IoT will transform your business. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-of-things/internet-of-everything-iot
Precision Agriculture: Almost 20% increase in income possible from smart farming. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/precision-agriculture-almost-20-increase-in-income-possible-from-smart-farming/
Sun, L. (2016, January 18). Internet of Things in 2016: 6 Stats Everyone Should Know. Retrieved from https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/18/internet-of-things-in-2016-6-stats-everyone-should.aspx
Suo, H., Wan, J., Zou, C., & Liu, J. (2012, 03). Security in the Internet of Things: A Review. 2012 International Conference on Computer Science and Electronics Engineering. doi:10.1109/iccsee.2012.373
World Energy Outlook 2014. (2014, 11). doi:10.1787/weo-2014-en
Zhang, Z., Cho, M. C., Wang, C., Hsu, C., Chen, C., & Shieh, S. (2014, 11). IoT Security: Ongoing Challenges and Research Opportunities. 2014 IEEE 7th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications. doi:10.1109/soca.2014.58
Joseph David Araya Moore
Edwin Felipe González Porras
Luis Enrique Ramírez Vargas
Melissa Rodriguez Cubero
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
2018
Abstract
The Internet of Things is an emerging global Internet-based concept that facilitates the exchange information and services in a global network and has an impact on the performance, comfort but also in privacy of the everyone involved. It is recognized as one of the most important areas of future technology and is gaining vast attention from a wide range of industries.
Keywords: Internet, things, information, security, advantages
The Internet could be considered as one of the most revolutionary invention in human history. With the internet, a lot of facilities came including the opportunity to make connections between computers and networkings in order to satisfy the necessities of communication, information and to improve and create new technologies that would contribute to the economical, social and cultural development around the world. Its impact is seeing every day in most of the things we do.
Our day by day is constantly improving thanks to the influence of the technological advances and its facilities. Nowadays we are living in an era where the smartphones offer us the possibility to connect with people all over the world, make our work easier using a broad range of “apps”, an era where computers get more and more sophisticated in order to allow people and companies to have access and enjoy those advances, which in turn are related and co-existing with the Internet and the people declared phrases like “As the Internet of things advances, the very notion of a clear dividing line between reality and virtual reality becomes blurred, sometimes in creative ways.” (Geoff Mulgan)
When the term “Internet of Things” was introduced, the initial question was what is considered a “Thing”. Till recent years, groups of researchers and organizations tried to clarify its definition. IoT is the acronym for the term.
Microsoft proposes the term "the Internet of Everything", as another way of referring to the Internet of Things, the giant network of objects that connect to each other and exchange and analyze data. Not limited only to everyday items like phones, vehicles, or wearable devices; but including components as larger machines and macro-systems, such as airplane engines or big data centers.
There is no doubt that the technology and the internet area is making our lives better and that there is a world of opportunities and inventions that has not been discovered and developed yet.
The IoT surfaces as an opportunity to fully incorporate all kind of objects that didn’t have the ability to connect to the internet with the purpose of allowing them to send and receive data for a possible analysis in the future (if intended). Another way to put it would be that IoT is trying to integrate the physical world and the cyber space as this is what technology is progressing towards and take advantage of the information generated.
One of the most notable advantages is how easy it is to access to information which ends up being a double sided blade because it is true that this allows people get data and information from any part of the world thanks to the network, but like everything in the world not everything are advantages and we cannot disregard its disadvantages; if the devices are not properly secured it could mean that it is also easy for hackers and such to access your information and even steal important information.
In the paper "Security in the Internet of Things: A Review" (2012) the authors exposed a concern about the security and privacy as the key issues for IoT applications, and revealed that the technology still face some enormous challenges. Given that the shared data contains a large amount of private information, "preserving information security on the shared data is an important issue that cannot be neglected." (IoT Security: Ongoing Challenges and Research Opportunities, 2014).
However, the efficiency on communication is a clear advantage of what becomes more representative in the interconnection between devices causing the machines to become faster and to produce better information. It is not a coincidence that Hans Vestberg proclaimed “You’re going to see this ‘Internet of things’ start demanding network performance and making the networks much more aware of what is on top of them.”
According to data scientists estimate that there will be an approximate increase of 37% in energy needed by 2030 also an alarming increase of 60% in agricultural production to meet the needs of people by 2050 and finally about 40 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions are projected for the year 2040. But IoT technologies are opening up new possibilities to reduce pollution and improve how we create, consume, and manage Earth’s resources. Some of this possibilities include the saving of 9.1 gigatons of greenhouse gases through implementing IoT technologies or a 30% decrease in fuel consumption with car that could communicate with each other to reduce things such as the need to stop at intersections. This comes to show how important it is for us to support such campaigns that will help us survive and try to reduce the damage we cause to the earth.
Though we may not be aware of it, we are part of an era in which IoT technology is becoming a big part in our everyday lives and it will only become a more important part as the days go by. The Internet of Things opens opportunities, and we truly hope that after reading this you now understand what IoT (Internet of things) is, how important it is and what it’s limitations are.
References
Are self-driving vehicles good for the environment? (2015). Retrieved from https://ensia.com/features/are-self-driving-vehicles-good-for-the-environment/
Climate-smart agriculture sourcebook. (2014). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
How IoT will transform your business. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-of-things/internet-of-everything-iot
Precision Agriculture: Almost 20% increase in income possible from smart farming. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/precision-agriculture-almost-20-increase-in-income-possible-from-smart-farming/
Sun, L. (2016, January 18). Internet of Things in 2016: 6 Stats Everyone Should Know. Retrieved from https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/18/internet-of-things-in-2016-6-stats-everyone-should.aspx
Suo, H., Wan, J., Zou, C., & Liu, J. (2012, 03). Security in the Internet of Things: A Review. 2012 International Conference on Computer Science and Electronics Engineering. doi:10.1109/iccsee.2012.373
World Energy Outlook 2014. (2014, 11). doi:10.1787/weo-2014-en
Zhang, Z., Cho, M. C., Wang, C., Hsu, C., Chen, C., & Shieh, S. (2014, 11). IoT Security: Ongoing Challenges and Research Opportunities. 2014 IEEE 7th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications. doi:10.1109/soca.2014.58
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