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The Internet of Things (IoT) An Update from the AIM IoT Committee by Steve Halliday, president, High Tech Aid 2
Steve Halliday Involvement in AIDC Technologies since 1980, member of AIDC 100 Winner of 2010 Richard R Dilling award for outstanding contributions in AIDC Proposer of the need for an ISO home for AIDC standards and lead participant and developer of the final solution. (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC31) Organizer of the US Secretariat for the TAG to SC31. Managed this function, 1996 2002 Formed High Tech Aid in 2002 Chairman of the US TAG to SC31 (1996 2002), currently Vice Chairman Active Member of the US Delegation to SC31 meetings (Plenary and Working Group) including Convener of SC31/WG4/SG3 (2000 current) VP Technology, AIM, Inc. 1992 2002, secretary for various AIM technical committees Member of EPCglobal and co-chair of the Hardware Group and Technical Standards Committee Member of INCITS T6 Member of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ASC MH 10/SC 8 developing U.S. national standardization of machine-readable media on transport units and project editor for MH10.8.8 RFID for Parcels, Packages and Flat Mail. Past Editor/Publisher of RFID News and current Editor/Publisher of HighTechAIDCourier Presenter at numerous conferences on AIDC topics. Conferences include: Frontline Solutions USA (was Scan-Tech USA) Frontline Solutions Europe (was Scan-Tech Europe) Scan-Tech Japan Scan-Tech Asia ID Expo Tag 98,99,2000 CardTech/SecurTech 1993 1999 RFID Innovations 2001 Smart Label Conference 2001 2002 Healthcare and Technology 2004 Author of numerous papers on AIDC subjects, magazines published in include: Frontline Solutions USA (was Automatic ID News) Frontline Solutions Europe (was Automatic ID News) ID Systems (now SCS-Magazine) Columnist for Scan, the Data Capture Report Founder of RFIDTraxx LLC. Asset tracking Modern Materials Handling RF Innovations
The Internet of Things What is it? Who is involved? What is AIM doing? How do you get involved? 4
What is the IoT? Original concept from MIT Auto-ID Labs in Cambridge Mass. Looking for an inexpensive way to allow the identification of every grain of sand in the world Using RFID as the base identifier 5
AIM s IoT Definition The Internet of Things (IoT) is a global network infrastructure, linking physical and virtual objects through the use of interoperable data capture and communication methods. Standards-based object identification, sensor and connection capability provide for the development of independent cooperative services and applications characterized by a user-defined degree of autonomy. 6
IoT where is it going? Not just to allow items in the refrigerator to talk Smart homes, Smart transportation, Smart supply chain, Smart industry Future Internet Any Network, Any Service, Anyplace, Anytime, Anything, and Anyone 7
IoT Why do we care? Knowledge is the key to our future Technology developments are already making the concept a reality Internet of things is not about RFID anymore, it is about networks and sensors and ways of communicating Predicted 1 trillion internet devices connected by 2015* *IBM 8
IoT on the Hype Cycle Courtesy of Gartner Group 9
IoT- What is involved? Think of it as a layered problem System Integration Applications Service Networks Who What When/Why 10
AIM s IoT Work Committee meets: By telephone monthly By webinar quarterly Face to face every six months Three work groups Marketing Applications Legislative 11
AIM IoT Work - Marketing Trying to explain the concept Why is it important? What is the need? Where is it going? 12
AIM IoT Work - Applications Fall 2011 Ohio University (AutoID class) tasked to identify IoT applications 175 cases # of unique responses 97 The AIM committee reviewed the cases and divided them into groups 13
AIM IoT Work - Applications 14 14 32 2 Results 31 IoT - 31 Devices - 4 Not IoT - 32 AIDC - 14 4 Descriptions - 14 Others - 2 14
AIM IoT Work - Applications Advertising Agricultural Building Automation Business Processes Customer Experience Customer Service Environmental Food Chain Health & Safety Inventory, Supply Chain Logistics/Transportation Perishables Replenishment Retail Retail Experience Supply Chain Social Precursors, Building blocks 15
IoT Application examples Description - WineM: Using RFID tags on wine bottles to display their location in the rack with lights associated to that position. Customer Experience, Retail Experience, Replenishment, Inventory, Supply Chain 16
IoT Application examples Description - OpenSprinkler: This project is an open source application to control sprinkler valves over a web-based interface. Not there yet add sensors and maybe it is 17
IoT Application examples Tools and Drivers Xbox Kinect GPS Webcams Arduino electronic prototyping platform Pachube ("patch-bay") Web-based service 18
IoT Application examples Next Step Develop a matrix to help understand what is happening Expand the matrix with more examples Publish to the web 19
AIM IoT Work - Legislative Many countries in the world are sponsoring work in IoT Europe has funded about 40 IoT projects to the tune of 28 million China has put IoT on their 5 year plan 5 billion Yuan UK has just sponsored 500k for IoT projects 20
AIM IoT Work - Legislative Other countries (Japan, Korea, Malaysia) have sponsored projects or Universities to show how IoT will affect their country The USA has done nothing in this area The AIM committee has collected data and information to show legislature why the USA is being left behind in this advancing technology 21
What does IoT bring? 22
AIM IoT Committee IoT affects us all Get involved with AIM to help define the future http://www.aimglobal.org Email iot@aimglobal.org 23
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