Attitudes Shift To Internet Of Things And Smart Homes

Attitudes Shift to Internet of Things and Smart Homes

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by Alex Noah — 3 years ago in Artificial Intelligence 3 min. read
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The pandemic saw the birth of the (AIoT), an “artificial Internet of Things” technology ecosystem. The Smart Home was then created.

The AIoT is a combination of connected things (the IoT) and artificial intelligence (the AI), which are used in these things.

The past 12 months have been difficult. People now know that Covid-19 is here to stay after the pandemic.

Accepting this fact is what we do, and looking for ways to improve our lives and interact with the world. Governments, industries, businesses, and other organizations constantly challenge the status quo to ensure people have safe, productive, happy lives.

Changes in the way and place people work have been necessary. Working from home has become commonplace over the past year. As long as employees are productive, businesses may allow employees to work remotely. The importance of work has been reaffirmed. The timely discussion around tech-enabled intelligent homes is now more important than ever.

Smart homes and the technology that goes with them are still in their infancy. Research last year revealed the obstacles that prevented the AIoT from becoming a reality. In that research, electronic engineers found significant market-level and device-level problems. Researchers then did the same study one year later to assess how things had changed. What headline? What headline? No results were reported.

AI is dependent on data, which can pose security risks. The more data a device requires, the more it will be able to do amazing things. Engineers discovered that local processing data can solve privacy concerns. Without sharing their data with the cloud, homes can keep their data within their walls. Data leakage can be reduced by reducing the use of third-party cookies.
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Smart Home

Smart homes can store data, so that a distant hacker doesn’t have to be a common burglar to steal it. Even though it’s unlikely, manufacturers of devices must ensure that data processing is protected.

With various security features on the device level such as encryption, secure key storage, accelerated encryption and actual random number generator, you can achieve significantly higher safety in data and decision-making.

Connectivity was perceived by engineers as a major barrier to AI implementation. Only 27% of professionals in the industry consider connectivity to be a significant obstacle to technology. 38% also expressed concern about technology’s ability to overcome latency issues. Poor connectivity can hinder in-home healthcare monitoring’s ability to make decisions regarding potentially life-changing situations like heart attacks. Network latency is irrelevant because of the use on-device processing.

On-device computing is the best way for the industry to create applications that aren’t affected by latency. Some AIoT chips can be executed by product makers in nanoseconds, allowing products to think fast and make precise decisions.
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AIoT

Last year, engineers also raised the issue of scaling. Engineers are well aware that connected devices keep increasing, which puts more strain on cloud infrastructure. Around 25% of engineers think that scaling will be a problem for edge technology’s success in 2020. Experts are starting to see the IoT’s deep-rooted advantages in scaling.

The cloud is not a factor in edge processing, negating potential scaling and growth problems. Today, less than one-fifth (or one-fifth) of engineers believe cloud infrastructure can protect edge Ai.

The good news is: The good news is that the electronics industry doesn’t need to do anything to ensure IoT’s scalability. The need for cloud processing to manage billions of devices and petabytes of data in the future was a major technical obstacle to the IoT’s growth. This requirement has been eliminated.
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Increase power capacity, decrease power consumption

Over the past year, the market for AIoT increased. It has also made technical progress. AI’s on-device processing capabilities have been improved, while decreasing power consumption and expenditure. The chips can be customized to meet the needs of the AIoT at an affordable price.

How can engineers make it possible for product developers to use AIoT chips?

It is important to consider the development environment. Engineers must be familiar with the development environment and mature and untested programming platforms used in new chip architectures.

Instead, engineers should look for places that are able to afford industry-standard methods they are comfortable with. Engineers should look for venues that offer full programmability and runtime environments like FreeRTOS, TensorFlowLite and C. They can program chips quickly using friendly platforms and without needing to learn new languages, tools or techniques.

It is crucial to have one programming environment that can handle all computing requirements for an IoT system. The key to enabling rapid design speeds to create secure, fast AI at home in this new post-covid era is computing requirement capability.

Alex Noah

Alex is senior editor of The Next Tech. He studied International Communication Management at the Hague University of Applied Sciences.

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