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What do we mean by “The Internet of Things”?

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Wearables

Smart Homes Smart Factories

Smart Metering

Connected Cars

Smart Cities

You’d be surprised what will be connected


Connected mascara? L'Oreal

explores the Internet of Things

L'Oreal is exploring the idea of smart make-

up and conducting internal development

work on the Internet of Things.

The technology could allow the beauty

company to give connectivity to "dumb"

objects like lipstick or mascara, giving it a

new way to track customers.http://ow.ly/4nlVZL

You’d be surprised what will be connected


Absolut to launch Internet-

connected bottle range next year

By introducing added connectivity, it is

hoped that the bottles can be turned into a

media channel that extends the customer

relationship post-sale

The aim is to transition Absolut from being

simply a manufacturer of products to a

deliverer of services.

http://ow.ly/4nm25W

The IoT ecosytem

much more than just ‘things’



Communications for IoT – a whole new industry

Communications for IoT – key requirements


• Need to be low cost – will be installed by the million

• Need to have long battery life (eg 10 years on AA battery)

Devices

Communications for IoT – key requirements


Communications• Need to work with simple, low cost devices

• Need to support minimal device battery drain

• Need to have good range and/or in-building penetration

(eg – water meters tend to be buried in basements)

Communications for IoT – Low power wide area networks (LPWan)

The LoRa Alliance has the backing of IBM, Cisco and others. Its

technology is being deployed in Australia by National Narrowband

Network Communications limited.






Thinxtra has launched networks in Australia and New Zealand

that use technology from French company Sigfox.






Narrowband-IoT is a variation of the LTE technology optimised for IoT. It is

being trialled by Telstra, Optus & Vodafone and will be deployed by all three.


The components of IoT – gateways


The components of IoT – fog/edge computing

Fog Computing, also known as edge

computing is computing power located

at the edge of network to:

- Reduce the amount of data passed to

the ‘cloud’;

- Reduced the processing load on the

‘cloud’;

- Receive, process and respond to data

from connected ‘things’ when

latency - the time taken for data to

be sent to the ‘cloud’ and for a

response to be received - would be a

problem.


The components of IoT – cloud computing


The components of IoT – IoT platform

- A typical IoT system might have

many different types of devices.

- Each device must be managed and

communicated with securely.

- Data from connected devices is

generally needed within an

application that is not ‘IoT aware’.

An IoT platform is software, generally

running ‘in the cloud’ that performs all

these functions, and more.

http://www.postscapes.com/internet-of-things-platforms/

• This web site lists 117 IoT

platforms, each with up to

24 different attributes!

• As the industry matures

rationalisation is inevitable.

The components of IoT – IoT platform

Plenty to choose from!

Data – it could be the most important part of IoT


• Some analysts believe that by

2020 40% of data will come

from sensors.

• In 2020 it is estimated that IoT

will account for nearly one-third

of all big data and analytics

revenues.



• Machine learning is a method of

data analysis that automates

analytical model building.

• Using algorithms that iteratively

learn from data, machine learning

allows computers to find hidden

insights without being explicitly

programmed where to look.

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“[IoT] data will hold extremely valuable insight into what’s

working well or what’s not – pointing out conflicts that arise and

providing high-value insight into new business risks and

opportunities as correlations and associations are made.”

“The only way to keep up with this IoT-generated data and gain

the hidden insight it holds is with machine learning.”

“In an IoT situation, machine learning can help companies take

the billions of data points they have and boil them down to

what’s really meaningful.”


IoT’s biggest problem - security



26 September 2016

The huge distributed denial of service

(DDoS) attack which wiped security

journalist Brian Krebs' website from the

internet came from a million-device-

strong Internet of Things botnet.

"Attack appears to include numerous

IoT devices, including security cameras.

Still itemizing them," an Akamai

spokesman told The Register by email.

Creating the right environment for IoT – The role of Government


“The evolution of the

Internet of Things will

require substantial efforts

on the part of governments

to re-evaluate and review a

significant number of

policies.”

http://bit.ly/1V1eTvK

Creating the right environment for IoT – The role of Government


I see the Internet of Things as a huge

transformative development - a way of

boosting productivity, of keeping us

healthier, making transport more

efficient, reducing energy needs, tackling

climate change … I want us … to lead it.

UK prime minister, David Cameron CeBit

Hannover

April 2014

Australian Industry IoT Initiatives


Communications Alliance IoT Think Tank

report, Enabling the Internet of Things

for Australia.

• Makes 12 core recommendations for

regulatory and policy changes

• Calls for a number of initiatives

designed to promote the uptake of

IoT in Australia.

http://bit.ly/1PlYWBc

Australian Industry IoT Initiatives


Communications Alliance IoT Think Tank Report

• Australia’s fundamental IoT capabilities are good

• Lack of industry and Government focus risks denying Australia

the opportunity for IoT competitive advantage and global market

leadership.

• At stake is a potential upside impact worth up to $116 billion to

the Australian economy by 2025.

IoT Alliance Australiathe peak Australian IoT body


http:www.iot.org.au

VISION

To empower industry to grow Australia's

competitive advantage through IoT.

PURPOSE

To accelerate IoT innovation and adoption by:

• Activating and supporting collaboration across

industry, government, research and

communities;

• Promoting enabling, evidence-based policy and

regulation; and

• Identifying strategic opportunities for economic

growth and social benefit.

IoT Alliance Australia

Workstreams


There are six IoT workstreams

run by some 250 volunteers

• Collaborative Australian IoT industry

• Smart Cities & Industries

• Open Data & Privacy

• Spectrum Availability & Licensing

• Cyber security & Network

Resilience

• IoT Start-Up Innovation

http://www.iot.org.au/workstreams

Get Involved


Internet of Everything Sydney

http://www.meetup.com/Internet-of-

Everything-Sydney/

IoT Melbourne

http://www.meetup.com/IoT-Melbourne/

Brisbane & Gold Coast IoT meet-up

http://www.meetup.com/Brisbane-

Internet-of-Things-IOT-Meetup/

Internet of Everything Perth

http://www.meetup.com/Internet-of-

Everything-Perth/

Case Study – Smart Hard Hat

purpose: early detection and alerting of heat stroke


• Hat is fitted with GPS and

accelerometer and sensors that

measure wearer’s temperature and

heart rate, and ambient temperature

and humidity.

• Data is communicated via Zigbee

wireless to an on-site gateway, which

in turn communicates with software

running in Microsoft’s Azure cloud

computing service.


purpose: early detection and alerting of heat stroke


The IoT platform

• Data is fed to the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite which enables it to be

displayed graphically.

The data analytics

• Microsoft Power BI data visualisation and Microsoft Stream Analytics,

analyse the data for signs of impending heat stroke and send alarms to

the wearer and to supervisors to warn of potential dangers.


Even smarter with data analysis!


“We can analyse the trends and

find that a person is suffering

from heatstroke, typically half an

hour before they realise it.”

- Ryan Macnamee, Global CIO,

Laing O’Rourke

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