Internet of Things

Internet of things(IoT) brings a new era in the field of technology, IoT is described as a large number of physical objects embedded with sensors and other technologies which connect with other devices in order to exchange information over the internet and either communication networks.

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The real question is how IoT actually works so let's understand the process. IoT makes the use of web-enabled devices that make the use of embedded processors, sensors, and other devices which collect and send the data which they acquire from their environment, all the devices are first connected to the IoT gateway which is simply a physical or virtual platform that connects different devices and sensors to the cloud and then these sensors exchange information over that network.

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The main aim of IoT is to make everything works in a smarter way and even we can see a lot of applications of this in our day to day lives as well such as smart homes, with the help of IoT smart homes are advanced to the next level, for instance, we can the switch on and off our televisions with voice control devices even self-driven cars is a very good example of IoT where cars used different sensors and processors connected to cloud over a network where they exchange information through various models in order to sync accordingly to provide secure drive, even most of the smart wearables also use this technology to provide us different insights which we can relate to our daily activities. We can also see the use of IoT in many other sectors like healthcare, military, retail, manufacturing, energy sectors, and a lot more. There are a lot of other examples to which we can relate to this technology in today's world.

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IoT provides a lot of benefits to its users like saving money and time to a greater extend. It also helps to monitor the overall insights of different business operations and helps to make better business decisions. It provides the new era of digital transformation.

There are also a lot of risk factors involved with the advancement in this technology as more and more devices are connected to the shared devices it increases the risk of information-stealing and if a bug or error occurs in any of the devices it can create problems in the whole network and hence it is very important to maintain the network properly in order to ensure the proper working of the system. The increased risk about the safety of information in such networks place the technology in doubt sometimes but proper management and measure can help to overcome such issues.

IoT provides a lot of advanced features and it will develop more in the future and will bring a new era in the field of technology, but one has to take care of the safety of data while using such technologies. This will surely bring a lot of advancements in the technical field.