What is the Internet of Things (IoT) technology? IoT technology refers to the collection, transmission, and control of information between things and between people and things using information sensing devices. IoT technology is mainly divided into sensor technology, RFID technology, embedded technology, smart technology, and nanotechnology. So, in which fields is IoT technology primarily applied?
In the field of intelligent transportation: improving the road environment and ensuring road traffic safety, technology is used to make people, vehicles, and roads inseparable. Common applications include intelligent buses, shared bicycles, intelligent traffic lights, and smart parking systems.
In recent years, thanks to the development of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technologies, autonomous vehicle technology has become increasingly mature. Data collected by numerous sensors on the vehicle can help drivers drive better and even assist them in making decisions.
In the future of intelligent transportation, every vehicle on the road will become a node in the transportation network. These nodes can communicate and interact with each other, and with the help of big data analysis, they can help drivers better avoid congestion, save time, and reduce traffic accidents; they can also provide accurate road information to transportation departments, providing first-hand data for urban planning and construction; and they can also feed data back to car manufacturers, allowing them to analyze and study it, and then design more advanced and comfortable cars.
In the field of smart logistics: technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and big data are used to complete the recognition, analysis, and solution of system software in logistics transportation and delivery. Main applications include transportation detection and express delivery terminal equipment.
Transportation and logistics are, if not the primary driver, a very important one in the Internet of Things (IoT). These use cases involve using devices to track assets being delivered, transported, or shipped, whether in trucks, trains, airplanes, or ships. This is also the domain of connected vehicles, which use communication to assist drivers or perform preventative maintenance on their behalf.
In the field of intelligent security: Traditional security systems require a large number of staff, resulting in high personnel costs, while intelligent security systems can use machines to perform intelligent identification tasks. They are commonly used in access control systems and video surveillance systems.
In the field of smart healthcare, the application of technology can enable intelligent management of patients based on sensors. The key is that smart medical wearable devices can detect and record patients' heart rate, blood pressure, etc., which can be viewed by the patient or the doctor.
By combining the Internet of Things (IoT) with healthcare, wearable smart devices can be used to perform basic monitoring tasks such as heart rate, body temperature, and blood pressure. These smart wearable devices record a wealth of health-related data, making it easy to manage your health records. You can also choose to transmit your health data to hospitals so that doctors can understand your health status and, if necessary, conduct remote consultations to provide medical advice.
Energy Industry: The energy market segment includes energy monitoring from production sources to consumers. Significant research and development is focused on consumer and commercial energy monitors, such as smart meters, which communicate via low-power and long-range protocols to display real-time energy usage.
Many energy production facilities are located in remote or harsh environments, such as solar panels in desert regions, wind farms on steep mountain slopes, and hazardous facilities like nuclear reactors. Furthermore, data may require real-time or near-real-time responses to enable critical reactions in energy production control systems (much like manufacturing systems). This can influence how IoT systems are deployed in this category.
Smart Cities: "Smart city" is a phrase used to refer to interconnected and intelligent infrastructure, citizens, and vehicles. Smart cities are one of the fastest-growing market segments, especially considering their considerable cost-benefit ratio when tax revenue is taken into account. Smart cities also impact citizens' lives through safety, security, and ease of use.
For example, several cities, including Barcelona, have adopted IoT technology to monitor waste containers and bins based on current capacity and the time since the last collection. This improves waste collection efficiency, reduces the resources and taxes cities use in transporting waste, and also eliminates the potential odors and smells of rotting organic matter.
In the field of smart agriculture: Modern agriculture, through close integration with Internet of Things (IoT) technology, can achieve data visualization and analysis, remote operation, and disaster early warning. In crop farming, this is reflected in the collection of data through monitoring and satellites, while in animal husbandry, it is reflected in the collection of data through animal ear tags, monitoring, and smart wearable devices. The collected data is then analyzed to achieve precise management.
In the smart farms of the future, people will deploy various sensor nodes (to acquire information such as environmental temperature and humidity, soil moisture, soil fertility, carbon dioxide, and images), and use wireless communication networks to achieve intelligent perception, intelligent early warning, intelligent decision-making, intelligent analysis, and online expert guidance for the agricultural production environment, providing precision planting, visual management, and intelligent decision-making for agricultural production.
