As the days go by, many are the voices that speak, for or against, about the baptized as internet of things or, how the english like Internet of Things (IoT). Among the voices that are against it, above all there is talk of the little security that this type of product has, something intrinsic to the history of the network of networks and that is more on the table every day. On the other hand, today I want us to break a spear in your favor with a series of real examples of how this new system can improve our quality of life.
Now, this time I do not want us to talk, as it usually happens in any meeting of several people where the subject comes up, about the internet of things as a means to quantify our quality of life, the type of sleep, hours that We sleep ... far from it, for that we already have those beautiful and interesting smarthwatches, nor will we focus on the opportunities offered by, for example, a smart home, cars that drive themselves ... we will go further.
Our medical health will get a big boost
As we have seen in recent months, many are the companies that dare to launch products connected to the cloud that allow us, among other things, to track our fitness levels, monitor our heart rate and help us, in general, to carry a style of healthier life. In the not too distant future, wearables will be equipped with more advanced sensors that will directly allow them to check and detect blood sugar levels, frequent mood swings, symptoms of depression ... information that will be automatically sent to other devices to remind us that we must take some type of medicine previously prescribed by a doctor.
A more than logical step is that, in addition to helping us with certain reminders, the collaboration of all these sensors makes it possible to create a medical report fully automatically that will be sent to our doctor who, in turn, can control remotely and send a personalized notification with any change in the medication and even schedule an appointment if necessary so we will be faced with a new way of personalized medicine.
Safer and more versatile homes
Thanks to the internet of things, those days will finally come when finally we can leave home without worries since just at the moment when nobody is at home, it will check that all entrances are closed and blocked at the same time that all kinds of appliances that do not have to be on at that moment, such as television, radio , lights, coffee maker, air conditioners, will turn off automatically.
On the other hand, all kinds of sensors that have to do with the control system will be activated. anti-theft alarm such as motion sensors, audio and video recording and even the house itself will contact the police to alert of some type of unwanted presence while alerting you through some type of notification or automatic call. Of course, these sensors will also be able to send notifications motivated by many other things, for example if you forgot to close a tap, this is just an example, something that could be derived from issues of electricity, fire ...
Care of our elders
Another sector of the population that will greatly benefit from the Internet of Things will be the elderly population, a sector that presents a higher risk in terms of accidents and problems both inside and outside your home. For example, a fall can cause serious injuries that, if they are alone, it is very difficult for them to move and call for example emergencies. Thanks to certain sensors, this process could be carried out fully automatically if it detects that something in the person's health is wrong.
As is logical, in addition to sending an alarm, it would send a notification with the location and state of health and even your medical history so that paramedics can know where to go and above all how to act thus avoiding any fall, as in the case of the example, can go to more. As for the paramedics, on their way to the hospital, they could receive information in real time about the saturation of the services of a certain center or those most suitable to treat this type of problem.
As you can see, the advantages of the internet of things are only limited, today, to the developer imagination, with this list we could practically enter each one of the market sectors that we wanted, imagine that we go even further and go shopping, we could perfectly receive notifications on our smartphone or smartwatch with the best offers of the products we need and their real location in a specific aisle within the supermarket where we are and even price comparisons with other supermarkets in the area, while, in turn, if we decide to go to another supermarket for an item, in real time, we are informed about traffic conditions, routes to follow to avoid traffic jams or whether or not there are parking facilities at the establishment.