How Transportation is Affected by IOT
In 1903 the Wright brothers flew just about 600 feet. They were innovators but the world laughed at them. They had no way of knowing that in just a few decades airliners would exist that would cross the ocean--stay in the sky all day long and that we'd eventually find a way to fly to the moon. That is the power of imagination and innovation.
That is also the power that IoT and computers are giving to transportation. Flight, driving, warehousing and many other things are using IoT and it is making them safer and better.
What do you think of when someone mentions IoT? Chances are good that you see smart phones connected to your thermostat or the water meter. You may envision the insulin pump connected to your doctor's office or even the use of robotics that communicate data to the ware house manager.
Most of us don't think about transportation when we consider IoT. We rarely think about how IoT has changed the face of transportation or how it has made it safer and faster and better . There are connected cars, motorcycles that auto-update and autonomous vehicles that have been driven for hundreds of miles in test cases.
Many people today are laughing at or mocking the Internet of Things. They don't believe that it will last and many --even younger people, feel that it's fad that will burn itself out. Transportation today --in particular planes, are just one example of the Internet of Things in action. The planes communicate with each other., but did you know that planes today communicate from one piece of the plane to another? One piece of the plane tells another one that something is incorrect and must be fixed.
There are digital sensors in the plane's wings that are connected to the landing gear of the plane. Other sensors are connected to the rudders, to the engines or jets. As a whole these sensors are offering information to everyone remotely involved in the plane's flight. The pilots, the ground control, even the flight line people are receiving data that is being sent by different sensors on the plane.
Weather information is being accessed and offered by planes as well and then compared to forecasts to help people to have a safer flight experience.
Modern airliners are flying more than 13000 miles and fly from one continent to another, sometimes without having to land for anything. Connectivity and data science are making planes smarter than ever before.
That means not just longer flights are possible but much safer flights are possible too. In fact, flights today have never been safer. The airline crashes are far fewer than they have ever been and just 111 crashes were seen globally in 2014, making it the safest year ever seen for the airline industry.
Connected planes are just one use of IoT and one way that it is changing the face of transportation and the world, both now and in the future.
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