Getting Started with Kudu

Chapter 7. Kudu Use Cases

Real-Time Internet of Things Analytics

You wake up in the morning, brush your teeth, grab some coffee, walk to the garage, get in the car, drive to work. Although this is your usual routine, today something feels off. You try to ignore it, but it keeps nagging you. It feels like you’ve forgotten something.

Your focus wanders from the radio DJ, to your plans for the weekend, to all the things you need to get done at work. But the nagging suspicion keeps coming back. What did I forget?

The nagging suspicion is interrupted by an alert on your phone. It’s the garage door app on your smartphone! It’s obvious now: you forgot to close the garage. It’s your Home Alone moment. Even though you didn’t forget your kid at home while on an overseas vacation, you did forget to close the garage door. Fortunately, it’s the internet age and your garage door is connected to a smartphone app.

So, you pull over and, from your smartphone, you close your garage with the push of a button. All while 20 miles from home.

Just a few years ago, such situations meant driving all the way home, calling a neighbor, or spending the day with the nagging thought that someone is currently plundering your wife’s new road bike and your son’s golf clubs. But today, the crisis has been averted. You have data, analytics, and the Hadoop Ecosystem to thank.

Now, let’s change gears and put ourselves in the shoes of the manufacturer of the garage door.

At your manufacturing plant ...