Examples of IoT Applications

IoT stands for “Internet of things”. The Internet of things describes the network of physical objects that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the Internet.

The extensive set of applications for IoT devices is often divided into consumer applications, organizational applications, industrial applications, infrastructure applications, and others. Some popular real world applications of IoT solutions include:

1. Smart Homes

• IoT devices are a part of the larger concept of home automation which can include lighting, heating and air conditioning, media, and security systems.
• Using the help IoT ecosystem, we could save the usage of energy by automatically ensuring lights and electronics are turned off.
• In winter we can turn on the heater or in summer turn on the air conditioning from anywhere to make sure that our home temperature is comfortable enough before entering the home.

2: Smart Lockers

• Smart locker IoT devices that work with highly efficient real time communication and seamless connectivity to deliver automated item deposit and item collect locker systems.
• The smart locker system has the facility to integrate with face recognition and CCTV. It helps to make the system more secure and easy to maintain in long term.
• The smart locker can be controlled and monitored from anywhere with the help of remote access to the back-end admin.

3: Medical and Healthcare

• The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is an example of “Smart Healthcare”. It helps in creating an advanced healthcare system that connecting available healthcare services, and medical resources along with data collection and analysis for research, and monitoring.
• Using healthcare IoT devices, we can enable remote health monitoring and emergency notification systems in real time. Blood pressure, heart rate, and pacemakers monitors, along with advanced hearing aids are also part of it.
• Nowadays, some hospitals have started using “smart beds” which is also an example of the smart healthcare system. It can detect if beds are occupied or not and also auto adjust to ensure appropriate pressure is applied to the patient without any human interaction.

4: Agriculture

• There are many agriculture IoT applications are available for collecting data on rainfall, temperature, wind speed, soil content, and other farming things. On the basis of those data and using automate farming techniques, it’s possible to improve quality and quantity, minimize risk and waste with less possible effort for maintaining crops.
• IoT acquired data from sensors, mixed with the farmer’s knowledge, can help to increase farming productivity as well as reduce costs.

5: Automobile

• The automobile industry uses IoT applications in different transportation systems. Smart parking, smart traffic control, electronic toll collection systems, logistics management, vehicle control, safety, and road assistance are examples of IoT applications.

Office automation, wearable technology, manufacturing equipment management, the internet of military things (IoMT), environment monitoring, vending machine, cashier-less payment system, wireless shipment tracking devices are also examples of real world IoT applications. The IoT can also be used in construction systems.