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Prediction of IoT market by 2030
This is a fairly big market, for comparison, the 2021 video games market was $195.65 billion and the 2021 desktop/laptop computer markey was $182.66 billion
Utility Company locks people out of their smart thermostats
People who got a (small) discount on their power got locked out of their smart thermostat in September 2022. Is $100 up front and $25/year discount worth not having control of your thermostat? what are the prospects for renters?
The White House push for an IoT 'nutrition label'
The White house is pushing for a quasi-government agency to label IoT. How will this compare to fully government labeling (the FDA)or fulling industry labels (like the ESRB or MPAA ratings?
Battery
Free IoT.
IoT devices mostly are fixed in homes/businesses and run on wall-power or are dependant on batteries and charging. Will this allow a wider IoT deployment?
IPhone
14s are phoning 911 on a roller coaster
Almost IoT, So many 911 calls from roller coaster riders forces a change in how these calls are answered and handled
AI
and writing
For your consideration, Since this is a writing class, the future of writing and the future of coding all have to deal with AIs.
'IoT in Business might
be reaching an inflection point
Google killed stadia last week. That made me think about how google was one of the biggest providors of IoT servers baked into devices - another service they are killing in the coming months.
'IoT
in Business might be reaching an inflection point
More and more businesses are putting more and more internect connected small tech devices into their operations. Please brainstorm in class why
Car
Calls 911 on its owner (Dec 2015)
this is the article I mentioned in class the first day. A woman involved in an accident and apparent hit-and-run (airbad deployed) had the car call 911 and send GPA coordinates to allow rescue services to find her
IoT
for self checkouts and Cyber Security
Self checkouts - and their associated sensors for keeping track of you are an IoT device with lots of possiblities for abuse by hackaers
'Repo
men' have built a network that tracks all cars
This network is /*theoretically*/ used to find cars that people aren't paying for (basically stolen), but......
Using parking
apps and street cams to find any car
What could possibly go wrong?