The 4th industrial revolution is here. IoTs offers a new way to view the world of things.
Imagine a village in Africa or Latin America that has just had a new solar powered pump installed,
how effective is the aid, if 10 months later, the pump has been rendered ineffective? from my experience, this ends being dead aid.
Now imagine a pump with a sensor(s) that transmist data on location, when it used, if it is functional,
how much energy is used,how much water has been consumed. Big data analytics from this data
can then be used to develop a better pump and be used to show how effective or ineffective the return on develpoment investment is.
IoTs offer the possibilty of low cost SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems.
A boon for communites that may not have the expertise to maintain systems but can create the connectivity need for those communities to be connected to expertise they need.
I for one, welcome the new revolution. It is the end of the world as we know it....let the journey continue...
"I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don't want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love"
-Jim Carey
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