And It’s a Wrap… For Now

[From the last episode: We reviewed what we’ve covered in our series on energy.]

And with all of that, this series on Inside the IoTThe Internet of Things. A broad term covering many different applications where "things"  are interconnected through the internet. is coming to, well, not an end, but a slower pace. We’ve covered a ton of stuff, looking at:

• What the IoT is
• The four main components of the IoT
  • SensorsA device that can measure something about its environment. Examples are movement, light, color, moisture, pressure, and many more.
  • ActuatorsA way of controlling some device electronically. It might turn the device on or off or change a setting or property or do any other thing that the device is capable of.
  • Communication
  • Computation
• Machine learningMachine learning (or ML) is a process by which machines can be trained to perform tasks that required humans before. It's based on analysis of lots of data, and it might affect how some IoT devices work.
• Energy
• SecurityRefers to whether or not IoT devices or data are protected from unauthorized viewers.
• PrivacyRefers to whether or not information gathered about your usage of IoT devices by authorized people can be made public, or shared with others, without your consent. Different from (although related to) security, which protects such data and devices from access by unauthorized people. Different from privacy, which is more concerned about use of data by authorized people.

Along the way, we’ve covered a ton of specific things, including some basic physics and electrical principles. And I’ve tried to do it in a way that made it accessible to non-engineers without talking down.

I may pop in with a new post here and there as interest news arises, but we’ve covered the basics, so I’m going to let it lie for now.

If you’ve found this instructive and interesting and you have friends and family that may also be interested, please let them know about it. I have no plans to have the site go away any time soon.

Most of all, thank you to all of you who have been keeping up with the posts. You’re why I’ve done this, and I hope to find other ways to engage minds like yours going forward.