IoT

An acronym for « Internet Of Things », IoT refers to the interconnection of connected objects exchanging data over the internet. A connected fridge, a connected scale, a smartphone or a blood-glucose sensor are all part of the IoT.

Because IoT is about interconnection between objects, people refer to the IoT sector, IoT technologies or IoT challenges. IoT brings several challenges of its own:
- Application development: programming the firmware that receives sensor data before sending it to the server side. People often talk about embedded systems.
- Data transfer: back-end and SQL challenges to make sure data is stored and accessible.
- Data display: usually as dashboards — making the data readable to the end user through an understandable interface. This is a front-end or mobile challenge depending on the device.