What is IoT?

If you have been breathing for at least a decade, you must have heard terms such as smart living, smart spaces, and intelligent devices. All these refer to a parent concept called the Internet of Things (IoT).

In simple words, IoT is when we have our electronic, electrical, or electro-mechanical devices connect to the internet and talk to each other.

Smart devices primarily revolve around two things:

• Sensors
• Actuators

Any solution in the IoT space is either sensing something or actuating something.

With this technology, we have found the solution for Sheldon Cooper (from the Big Bang theory, CBS TV series), where he wants to know who sits on his spot as soon as someone sits on it:

Source: http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Sheldon%27s_Spot

All we do is place a weight sensor underneath the cushion, and if the weight increases, the sensor will trigger the camera pointing at the sofa to take a picture and send a push notification to him with the picture. How about that?

I know I have pushed the examples a bit, but you get the point, right?