LIFT Workshop

Internet of Things:Roadmap for the Future

Vlad TrifaLIFT09 Workshop

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

www.webofthings.comVlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09

Real world monitoring

Scientific applications require high-fidelity and real-time observations of the real world

Embedded Networked Sensingto...Reveal the unobservable


http://www.webofthings.com



Wireless Sensor Networks

• Tiny • Cheap• Sensor/CPU/RAM• 1y+ autonomy• Collaborative• Evolving....





Wireless Sensor Networks

Distributed monitoring of large-scale physical phenomena

• Seismic structure response

• Ecosystems, bio-complexity

• Marine biology

• Security

• Pollution





From fields to home...

• HVAC

• Lightning

• Security & access

• Entertainment

• Fire

• Energy consumption





Energie visible





Mobile Personal Sensinghttp://urban.cens.ucla.edu

• Motivated by 6x10^9 people on earth and their concerns

• Public health

• Urban planning

• Transport

• Safety

• Culture

• ....

• Enabled by > 3 x 10^9 mobile phone users• All kinds of sensors

• Geo-coding

• Web-enabled




http://urban

http://urban


Social networking





Not just for humans...






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