Internet of Things as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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1,036 words · ~5 min read
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The Internet of Things is a pretty broad concept overall it's the name given to
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the interconnection of everyday devices from appliances in your home to
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automobiles with built-in sensors all the way up to biochip transponders in
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farm animals and heart monitoring imp plants and humans essentially it is the
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way that machines communicate with each other in order to improve Automation and
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efficiency in daily tasks now this might be a bit of a surprise to some of you
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but the Internet of Things is not even close to a New Concept though it didn't
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receive its name until 1999 the first
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internet Appliance was actually a Coke machine at Carnegie melon University in
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the early 1980s of course this was a pretty basic
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implementation of internet connectivity but the programmers were able to
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remotely check if the machine was functioning and even check the stock of
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the machine from their PCS as trivial as it was this was the first real proof of
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concept for off-site monitoring of physical things now though we have
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advanced by leaps and bound since the 1980s The Internet of Things is actually
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still pretty limited compared to what it could be and at this point might even be
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seen as a gimmick to the uninformed individual but it is growing in many
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areas it is actually growing in too many areas to touch on all of them in this
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video So today we're going to focus on how the Internet of Things is impacting
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Automobiles and our homes so cars now
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have sensors that measure performance indicators like tire pressure fuel
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economy and various engine levels like oil pressure and temperature and some
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high-end cars can even receive firmware updates that add new or improved
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features a great example of this is the model S from Tesla Motors owners of this
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car recently received a firmware update that added features like traffic based
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navigation and location-based smart air suspension this is a fantastic
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advancement as it allows manufacturers to update and upgrade their products
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post launch rather than just adding the feature to the next year's model and
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expecting the consumer to buy that one when it's released company that are
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trying to increase home automation are currently focused on optimizing security
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and comfort installing internet accessible cameras locking or unlocking
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your doors with a smartphone app and adjusting your thermostat either before
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you get home or before you get out of bed are just three internet-based
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advancements available to homeowners today so to the Carnegie melon
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University programmers in the80s this would have seemed like something out of
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a bad science fiction movie but it's very real and is only the beginning of
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what the Internet of Things is capable of I mean even today most internet and
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connected devices require human intervention to really change anything
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about them but in the future as more and more things are connected with each
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other they can read off of themselves and each other instead of off of us so
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the concern then is that if machines are going to become so intelligent and
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efficient that they take over most of our day-to-day tasks then where do
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humans really fit in do we have a point anymore and this is the main issue that
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some of the greatest minds of this age are starting to address with this
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growing implementation of automation earlier this year Bill Gates warned the
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public that the demand for many jobs at the lower end of the skill set which he
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determined as drivers waiters nurses and similar professions will be
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substantially lower in 20 years than they are today and while it isn't
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directly related to automation of tasks artificial intelligence is also a
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growing concern Elon Musk CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX has recently been
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trying to increase awareness about the dangers of AI in automation stating that
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bad super intelligences could become a massive threat to our way of life in as
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little as 5 years so what can we say about the internet of things then I
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guess well it has the potential to increase ease and efficiency of Our
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Lives by a large margin in the coming years and could potentially save lives
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with instant reporting from devices that monitor our health but with an increase
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in automation comes a legitimate threat to the jobs of the masses and a
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Potential Threat to our overall health and safety with advantage in artificial
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intelligence so let's just hope that we can maintain you know those
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