The Internet of Things: Are we there yet?
Journal Title: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
It has been one year now since the first issue of the journal was launched in November 2015. Many interesting things have happened since then, and the concepts of the Internet of Things, Internet of Everything, Industry 4.0, autonomous driving, smart cities, eHealth, and relatives have become ubiquitous in specialized fora. Both the IoT Solutions World Congress in October and the Smart City Expo World Congress in November, were celebrated in Barcelona this year again. These events evidenced the facts that there is a non-stoppable growing interest from the industry and from the users, and that technology is getting mature enough to provide real and cost-effective solutions. However, the IoT is still not present in our daily lives. Why? Arguably, the success of the IoT will come from at least three different fronts: 1) societal acceptance, 2) capability of getting value out of it, and 3) availability of technology to leverage its potential. First, the IoT needs society to accept it; that’s a fact. The 4th Industrial revolution brought by the Internet of Things will change our daily lives forever. This will imply destruction of jobs where involving a human being brings no added-value. At the same time, new jobs with remarkable added-value brought by the human factor will be created. These new jobs will require highly skilled people, which is good on one side; however, we will need to face the challenge of relocating nonskilled labor.
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Jesus Alonso-Zarate
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