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Transforming Our World
“The Internet of Things is an emerging topic of technical, social, and economic significance. Consumer products, durable goods, cars and trucks, industrial and utility components, sensors, and other everyday objects are being combined with Internet connectivity and powerful data analytic capabilities that promise to transform the way we work, live, and play,” (Rose et al., 2015, p. 1).
Smart Homes
With internet enabled objects for entertainment, comfort, cleaning, cooking, opening and closing, locking, and more, life within smart homes is more personalized, comfortable, sanitary, cost-effective, and secure.
Smart Cities
Automatic vehicles, traffic monitoring and manipulating systems, road sensors, weather responders, garbage indicators, and more will minimize congestion, improve sanitation, and reduce energy consumption.
Healthcare Services
Wearable fitness and health devices will monitor needs and emergencies in ways that promise to be beneficial for all. Especially for elderly people and those with disabilities, increased independence and quality of life will flourish.
Industry
Increasing the availability of information along production and distribution chains results in more efficient and economic opportunities for industries.
Even More Places for IoT
Many more instances of IoT possibilities from Ménard (2017).
Almost Endless
The spaces, large and small, in which IoT can be utilized are unlimited. This means the number of benefits, depending on the space you would like to look at, are tremendous. A long list can be gathered, where many benefits overlap between these spaces:
A Specific Example
With all of these spaces for IoT to flourish, it is clear that there are many benefits and possibilities for betterment. As there are so many spaces and positives, let's take a deeper look at one specific area to see exactly how beneficial IoT technologies and practices can be...
Precision Farming
“Precision agriculture is now widely recognized as the new face of agriculture. By merging [Deep Learning (DL)] and IoT, it is easy to boost agricultural production. Various research has contributed to DL and IoT in the agricultural domain. A comprehensive review of several recent studies on the DL for diverse agricultural applications such as the detection of pests, diseases, weeds, yield, and soil has been conducted” (Saranya et. al, 2023).
In an IoT farming setting, sensors would monitor things like external noise and vibration to indicate the presence of pests and intervene at a very early stage. This sensing would eliminate threats before they grow to a harmful level and reduce the amount of harmful pesticides used on a crop; for example, only spraying the ground-zero plant when needed as opposed to all of them.
In addition to pest detection, plant disease, weed maintenance, soil nutrients monitoring, and yield predictions are all facets of precision farming that encourage ultimate plant growth with minimal waste and energy consumption.
Some IoT Precision Farming Sensors
With these IoT devices, singular plants are watered in the perfect amount, only when they need it. Soil and fertilizers are introduced and replaced only when required in a given area. Predictions of yield will determine harvesting requirements and accurate shipment needs to be distributed.
In all, IoT has made farming precise by sensing, communicating, and responding to information in an immediate and meticulous fashion, reducing cost, labour requirements, and energy while increasing healthy plant yield.
Precision Education?
In understanding the reality of how IoT can shape the growth of plants, it becomes easy to see how this technology could be beneficial for the growth of learners.
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