Internet of Things: Implications and Opportunities

Singapore Computer Society "Business Leadership Seminar" series. April 12, 2014. https://www.scs.org.sg/events/EventInfo.php?event=82

Transcript

1. Let's Dream https://speakerdeck.com/harishpillay/internet-of-things-implications-and-opportunities
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3. Internet
4. Duh! We know that!
5. Internet of Things
6. I thought the Internet was about Things?
7. And, isn't the Internet about ...
8. ... interconnecting autonomous networks
9. Aren't these autonomous networks, “Things”?
10. Largely true, but ...
11. ... we now expect the “Things” to be as simple like a light bulb & simpler
12. So what?
13. If we can put “smarts” into say the bulb ...
14. ... we could be doing interesting stuff
15. Such as?
16. How many times was it used?
17. How many users used it?
18. Is it wearing down?
19. But, why do I care?
20. Good question!
21. You care because ...
22. ... the smart bulbs bring interesting possibilities ...
23. ... like offering “blue” light as you wake up http://meethue.com/
24. http://meethue.com/
25. OK, but what's that got to do with the Internet?
26. Because the “Hue” light system connects to the Internet ...
27. ... and you can control the lights with your existing smart devices.
28. So?
29. Your home “autonomous” network is now a node on the Internet of Things
30. OK, if I accept the idea of any “thing” being Internet connectable ...
31. ... and given the post-Snowden world we are in ...
32. ... what about security?
33. And privacy?
34. Will blow the blubs and burn my home?
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37. Number of Hydrogen atoms in the Observable Universe ...
38. ... estimated to be 10^80
39. Number of bugs at any one time on Earth ...
40. No not Bugs
41. But these bugs
42. ... estimated to be 10 quintillion 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 that's 10^19
43. Number of IPv6 IP numbers?
44. 3.4x10^38 or 2^128 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456
45. H atoms > IPv6 > Bugs 10^80 3.4*10^38 10^19 Humans: 7*10^9
46. Does the Internet of Things have to be about “Things”?
47. Can these “things” be animate things?
48. The “Internet” today connects people and things
49. Could the IoT include an Inter-Species Internet? http://interspecies-internet.org/
50. Could the IoT include an Inter-Species Internet? http://interspecies-internet.org/
52. The three greatest human inventions are ...
53. imho ...
54. Writing
55. PRINTING
56. The Internet
57. Writing PRINTING The Internet
58. An IoT that includes Earth-bound lifeforms would be amazing
59. Think of the possibilities
60. We could engage with dolphins, baboons, elephants, octopi, insects etc & shape our shared planet
61. But we are far from that reality
62. So, let's start at the beginning ...
63. To build an amazing IoT, we need imagination, code, and standards
64. Imagination: limitless https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Lobes_of_the_brain_NL.svg
65. Code: Free & Open Source software is exponentially growing
66. Standards: Needs work Please help
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69. Sir Arthur C. Clark's Three Laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clarke_sm.jpg
70. 1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
71. 2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
72. 3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
73. Which brings me back to the beginning
74. Let's Dream (in colour no less)
75. Let's Dream (in vivid colour no less)
76. Internet of Things opens up the mind
77. Open minds opens new frontiers
78. New Frontiers: Interplanetary Internet http://ipnsig.org/
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81. What an amazing time to be alive!
82. Please join us at the Internet Society to make this dream a reality www.isoc.sg
83. Thank you. Harish Pillay President, ISOC SG h.pillay@ieee.org harish.pillay@scs.org.sg