December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 56m
English
Content preview from Practical Internet of Things with JavaScript
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IoT use cases
Now that you have a feel for IoT, you can imagine the literally infinite possibilities that can be built using this piece of technology.
Based on my observations, IoT use cases can be crudely classified into three parts:
- Problem solving
- Convenience
- Showing off
The problem solving part comes in where IoT is used to solve a real-world problem, for instance, a farmer whose farm is located half a kilometre from their home, and they have to walk all the way to the farm to turn on their water pumps/motors . Another scenario is where a post-operation patient's vital statistics can be sent to the hospital periodically after his/her discharge, to monitor the patient for any abnormalities. This is where IoT fits in pretty well.
Convenience ...