This month its about the transportation. Lets discuss connected Cars!
I would like to discuss the technology that enables the connectivity here. In order to connect to different servers, there is going to be a major dependency on the cellular technologies.
Some basic features include, monitor the car usage from your phone , monitor the health of the car, predict breakdown (crowd-sourcing and more and more data from similar cars can help here) , find the stolen car. Most importantly for people like me, who can never get there car in the mall parking lot , finding the car in the parking lot will be a big help!
The use case that I want to discuss in depth is having multiple connected cars and connected roads.
Ok, I agree connected roads sound weird! :P
So what if all the cars are connected and they are sending information about themselves to a central server. Now we already have information about road conditions, incidents. Depending upon the behavior of other cars, we can get the shortest route ,fastest route. A lot of predictive analysis will be required here. For example, there is a cowboys game and we know 10000 cars are going toward the cowboy stadium , depending on the purchased parking, the GPS will show the route and will route the cars to their parking spots. This will make a significant difference in thw way this situation is currently handled.
The heart of any IoT is the seamless connectivity to the servers. In case of cars, it get little tricky due to the speeds and unlimited possibilities of driving. What if I am driving through Nevada or North Dakota where one might experience extreme heat or snow , and I need my car to be connected.
There are two options for connectivity
1. Use cellular networks
2. Wi-Fi network
The M2M communication or communication between two cars need not happen over any of these.
M2M communication can be used to avoid collisions, request help in case of emergency etc.
This year there has been crazy stuff going on about connected cars! Cisco's vision of internet of things at the CES this year has captured everyone's attention.
Connected CARs , I think this is a true game changer! Its a green field.. all open for imaginations , I am sure it will lead to some of the biggest innovations in the recent times.
The above picture shows some of the expected things a connected car can do.. As I said this is a very very limited discussion. Its a green field and has tremendous scope..
I would like to discuss the technology that enables the connectivity here. In order to connect to different servers, there is going to be a major dependency on the cellular technologies.
Some basic features include, monitor the car usage from your phone , monitor the health of the car, predict breakdown (crowd-sourcing and more and more data from similar cars can help here) , find the stolen car. Most importantly for people like me, who can never get there car in the mall parking lot , finding the car in the parking lot will be a big help!
The use case that I want to discuss in depth is having multiple connected cars and connected roads.
Ok, I agree connected roads sound weird! :P
So what if all the cars are connected and they are sending information about themselves to a central server. Now we already have information about road conditions, incidents. Depending upon the behavior of other cars, we can get the shortest route ,fastest route. A lot of predictive analysis will be required here. For example, there is a cowboys game and we know 10000 cars are going toward the cowboy stadium , depending on the purchased parking, the GPS will show the route and will route the cars to their parking spots. This will make a significant difference in thw way this situation is currently handled.
The heart of any IoT is the seamless connectivity to the servers. In case of cars, it get little tricky due to the speeds and unlimited possibilities of driving. What if I am driving through Nevada or North Dakota where one might experience extreme heat or snow , and I need my car to be connected.
There are two options for connectivity
1. Use cellular networks
2. Wi-Fi network
The M2M communication or communication between two cars need not happen over any of these.
M2M communication can be used to avoid collisions, request help in case of emergency etc.
