Neil Gross in 1999 said "In
the next century, planet earth will don an electronic skin.
It will use the Internet as a scaffold to support and transmit its
sensations."
A recent article from Bloomberg entitled “The Smartest Building in the World” discussed the Edge building in
Amsterdam. The Edge is arguably the most sustainable and most connected
building created to date. While this piece serves as a great read
about what we can expect as IoT becomes more ingrained in our day-to-day
lives, what caught my attention was how the creators and designers were
able to find a balance between connectivity and privacy.
While employees are in the building all their
activities are continuously being tracked, and their environment is dynamically
adapting to their needs. From the moment they arrive and the camera sensor
recognizes their license plate and opens the gate, to the selection and
reservation of their workspace, to the lights that adjust as they move through
the environment - all activities are monitored.
The Edge is packed with some 28,000
sensors.It knows where you live. It knows what car you drive. It knows who you’re
meeting with today and how much sugar you take in your coffee.
The IOT can also be used in the
following areas:
KEEP STREETS CLEAN
Products like the cellular communication enabled Smart
Belly trash use real-time data collection and alerts to let municipal services
know when a bin needs to be emptied.
STOP DRIVING IN CIRCLES
With the use of installed sensors, mobile apps, and
real-time web applications like those provided in Streetline’s ParkSight
service, cities can optimize revenue, parking space availability and enable
citizens to reduce their environmental impact by helping them quickly find an
open spot for their cars
LIGHT STREETS MORE EFFECTIVELY
This smart lighting system from Echelon allows a city
to intelligently provide the right level of lighting needed by time of day,
season, and weather conditions
LIGHT YOUR HOME IN NEW WAYS
Web enabled lights like the Phillip's Hue can be used
as an ambient data displays (Glow red when my bus is 5 minutes away). These
multi-functional lights can also help you to reduce
electricity use (automatically turn off the lights when no one is in a room) or
help to secure your home while you are away by turning your lights on and off
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