What is IOT

IOT

It basically means internet of things.

Whats does it do?

It means that the devices that we use would communicate with one another and exchange data with one another so that the overall efficiency of the device is increased.

Is it really new?

No,According to me everything that happens in the world is not a new thing,they are often discovered or its just an extension of the old or existing thing.

What is the difference between smart devices and smart connected devices?

We already have many so called smart devices which could carry out a particular task in a specific pattern which is independent of the other machines performance or working.But for doing small tasks this doesn't make much difference but when we increase the scale then that would create an effect on the productivity of the total system.So to solve this people have decided to interconnect all these machines with one another and transfer data seamlessly so that they all could add up to the efficient working of the system.

What are the other technologies associated with it?

IOT(Internet Of Things) is not a smaller area it includes many of other technologies to improve the integration of the information and getting fruitful results.The Big Data come into picture because it has to handle a large amount of data and then The Machine Learning also because to come to conclusion about the pattern of the error and required changes to be made to it.  

What are its applications?

People are coming up with a lot of different ideas to integrate then to IOT. It has applications in

Automobile sector

Production plant

Health care  and many more.......

What Does it take to make a IOT device?

To make an IOT device all we need is some electronics and an internet connection to connect them to the internet to transmit data and a receiver to receive the data.The commonly used components are:

1. Arduino Uno Board

2. Esp8226.

3. Knowledge about Arduino and Android coding.

( Note:This information is based on my micro knowledge about IOT. Please do correct me if i am wrong and i would be very grateful to you. )