Internet of Things Examples and The Companies Behind Them

    " Former Google and Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt made this bold IoT prediction: "The Internet will disappear. There will be so many IP addresses, so many devices, sensors, things that you are wearing, things that you are interacting with, that you won't even sense it. It will be part of your presence all the time."

We’re not there yet, but we could be soon. In the meantime, check out these real-life Internet of Things examples and the companies behind them."

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There are hundreds of companies working in the field of IoT; Amazon, Bosch Software, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Cisco, GE, Google, Apple, AT&T, T-Mobile, Ayla Networks, Honeywell, Zebra Technologies, Fitbit, PTC, Relayr, Teezle, Telit and Arrow Electronics are prominent in this field. are some of the key players. Gartner, IoT platform providers; It has been grouped into 3 different categories as largest, medium/large scales, and small/startups.

Figure: IoT Platform providers (source: Gartner)

   There has been a remarkable increase in domestic initiatives in the field of IoT and big data recently. One of the most well-known domestic initiatives, Maana offers a technology that builds meaningful relationships between large data sets and increases the efficiency of businesses. The knowledge graph model, it interprets the data in a meaningful way and enables useful predictions to be made. With an investment of 26 million dollars, Maana's investors include important energy and technology companies such as Saudi Aramco, Shell Technology Ventures, GE Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Intel Capital, and Frost Data Capital. Ingenious, another successful domestic startup, offers a plug-and-play smart home system focused on user experience and easy to install and access. Ingenious; It has the claim to turn your home into a 'smart home' in 15 minutes without the need for any infrastructure installation. Thanks to the IR transmitters on the IO-Box, which is the brain of the system, you can manage all the functions of devices such as TV, sound system, satellite receiver, and air conditioner from your smartphone or tablet.

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   Smart Home apps are the most popular IoT apps. From the Amazon Echo to the Nest Thermostat, there are many products that make people's lives easier. The Amazon Echo product is the most well-known smart home application. Amazon Echo works through its voice assistant Alexa. You can tell Alexa to play music, provide a weather report, tell you the standings in a sports league, or call an Uber taxi.

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AI HOME

Location: Oswego, Illinois

How it's using IoT: AI Home employs IoT tech to provide home security, smart lighting, and climate control products.

Industry impact: While you're away, AI's technology enables you to see who has entered and exited your home based on user-specific codes.

      Smart Cities IoT applications play an important role in solving the problems encountered in the provision of many services offered by the municipalities to their citizens and in increasing the quality of the services provided, thanks to the data produced from the behaviors of the citizens. IoT can relieve traffic congestion and reduce noise and pollution. Singapore is one of the cities that best implements the concept of smart cities. It provides the opportunity to monitor many services from cleaning to traffic through sensors and cameras installed throughout the island. Thanks to IoT products, the city detects whether people smoke in unauthorized areas and whether they leave their garbage outside the buildings. 

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      With the development of three-dimensional printing technology, interactive landscape plans, city arrangements, architectural studies, medical studies, etc. A revolutionary new era has begun in the fields. Using this technology in China, concrete houses can be built up to 10 per day at a cost of £3,250. With the social interaction robots making more contributions to users in fairs and auction areas, organizations, health services, rehabilitation services, offices, and housework, the quality of life in cities increases, and the level of welfare rises. Chosen as the “Best Invention of 2017” by Time Magazine and started to be produced in Boston, the robot named Jibo emerged with the aim of helping people in subjects such as seeing, hearing, speaking, learning, helping, and connecting. The dollar has received domestic and foreign investment.

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   Connected Cars are equipped with Internet access and offer the possibility to share Internet access with others, such as connecting to a wireless network in a home or cafe. More and more tools are starting to have this functionality every day. The connected car service offered by AT&T, developed together with automobile companies, is growing day by day. Today, many automobile manufacturers are included in the service network that it started with Infiniti and VW at the beginning. AT&T offers its customers a mobile hotspot device that allows you to connect five different devices in automobiles via wi-fi. Thanks to the device mounted on the OBD II port of the vehicles, it becomes possible to receive many services of AT&T, including unlimited internet, throughout the journey.

AIRBIQUITY

Location: Seattle, Washington

How it's using IoT: Airbiquity is a software and engineering company that provides over-the-air (OTA) updates and data management services for connected cars.

Industry impact: Airbiquity users can choose to have family or friends automatically and are immediately notified in the event of a crash.

  The most used products in wearable technologies are smartwatches and wristbands. They offer smartwatches, text messaging, phone calls, and a variety of mobile health services. Apple Watch and Fitbit are the most well-known wearable IoT products. Fitbit tracks your daily steps and provides information such as daily calories burned and sleep quality to users via the smartphone application.

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WYZE

Location: Kirkland, WA

How it’s using IoT: Wyze produces a wide range of IoT-controlled devices and appliances designed to allow users to control the products they interact with more seamlessly. 

Industry impact: From connected home products like light strips, cordless vacuums, and color-changing bulbs to smartwatches, indoor/outdoor cameras, headphones, and more, Wyze makes high-quality smart products that are accessible and enriching to many people.

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   Smart Agriculture, Smart Livestock, Smart Metering, Smart Water, Security and Emergencies, Retail, Logistics, Fleet Management, Industrial Control, Home Automation, and eHealth applications will be important IoT applications that will lead the growth.

HERDDOGG

Location: Ashland, Oregon

How it's using IoT: HerdDogg makes lightweight sensors that are attached to the ears of herd animals to collect herd data and transmit it to the cloud, where it can then be accessed via the company's app.

Industry impact: HerdDogg recently partnered with a drone company to test its technology on free-range cattle in California's San Joaquin Valley.

    There are various non-governmental initiatives related to IoT operating in our country. Of these, IOT Turkey set out to create an ecosystem in the field of the Internet of Things and created Turkey's largest IoT ecosystem with the 24 companies and 31 universities it incorporated. They both create interaction between companies and universities in the ecosystem and publish various articles, tutorials, and videos on the Internet of Things. It would be beneficial for companies and entrepreneurs who want to operate in the field of IoT to get in close contact with IoT Turkey.

RESOURCES

Gartner Internet of Things Primer 

Gartner Measuring the Strategic Value of the Internet of Things for Industries

Gartner Architecting and Planning for IoT Success/ A Gartner Trend Insight

Gartner Market Guide for IoT Platforms