Sensor providers

1. www.digikey.com: Marketplace for sensors
2. Maxim Integrated
3. Parallax Inc
4. Adafruit wearable sensors
5. Intel IoT Gateways

More reads:

• http://www.nomi.com/analytics/2013/measure-shopper-behavior-clicks-bricks-analytics/
• http://www.nomi.com/wp-
  content/uploads/2014/09/In-Store-Analytics-Illuminating-Shoppers-Actions-in-the-Store.pdf
• http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2013/03/how-stores-spy-on-you/index.htm
• http://www.cio.com/article/2383681/retail/5-ways-to-track-in-store-customer-behavior.html 
  
  
  http://postscapes.com/in-store-analytics

IoT Usecases

Usecases taken from kaaproject.org. Relisting all of it together here to give a better overall picture.


AGRICULTURE

• Sensor-based field and resource mapping
• Remote equipment monitoring
• Remote crop monitoring
• Predictive analytics for crops and livestock
• Climate monitoring and forecasting
• Livestock tracking and geofencing
• Stats on livestock feeding and produce
• Smart logistics and warehousing
  

Automotive

• Connected car systems monitoring
• Smart driving assistance
• Cloud-based infotainment solutions
• Automated emergency management
• Real-time fleet management
• Driver safety systems
• Optimized logistics
• Predictive maintenance

Consumer Electronics

• Device profile management and inventory
• Remote provisioning and firmware distribution
• Remote control
• Configure events for smart interaction
• Monitor and analyze activities of devices / users / groups
• Monitor device performance
• Collect user experience and use data
• Smart house and smart office solutions

Healthcare

• Ability to manage virtually any number of devices
• Automated device-to-analytics data flow
• Remote monitoring of patient’s health statistics
• Hospital asset management
• Remote device configuration and tuning
• Data analytics applications for clinicians and patients
• Predictive device maintenance
• HIPAA-compliant data security

Industrial Internet of Things

• Production line remote monitoring
• Unified factory-wide interconnectivity
• Predictive maintenance
• Failure mitigation and safety control
• Gateway apps and edge analytics
• Centralized config data updates
• Workforce tracking
• Cloud-based data storage and analytics

Logistics (Smart supply chain solutions)

• Real-time fleet management
• Smart labels
• Predictive maintenance
• Storage conditions control
• Cargo integrity monitoring
• Optimized warehouse workloads
• Inventory tracking & analytics
• End-to-end visibility into delivery process

Smart City

• Smart meter networks
• Smart city lighting
• Smart grid automation
• Ecology monitoring solutions
• Energy-saving buildings
• Efficient public services tracking
• Ad-hoc traffic balancing
• Smart public safety systems

Smart Energy solutions and smart meters

• Smart metering solutions
• Fault detection
• Smart lighting
• QoS data collection & analytics
• Smart grid asset monitoring
• Smart appliances
• Remote infrastructure maintenance
• Smart building energy management

Smart Retail

• Interactive digital signage screens
• Mobile shopping applications
• Sensor-based items tracking
• Tailored digital marketing
• Optimized inventory management
• Mobile payment solutions
• IoT-enabled beacons
• Customer preferences analytics

Sports and Fitness

• Fitness trackers to mobile devices integration
• Data integration from different sports gear
• Configurable alerts and notifications for the user
• Near real-time analytics over collected data
• In-cloud data storage for easy sharing
• Support of tiny sportswear sensors
• Sports equipment predictive maintenance
• Remote equipment control for gyms, sports venues, etc.

Wearables

• Multi-device data exchange
• Broad sensor hardware support
• Data integration across apps/devices
• In-cloud data storage
• Topic-based notifications
• Controlled firmware updates
• Customized data analytics and reporting
• Autonomous interoperability

IoT

Why IoT?

Listed as multiple groups

1. Basics of IoT: Pt1 (just don't look at the "may not succeed" part :) )
2. Basics of IoT: Pt2
3. Ranking of IoT companies: Not Definitive (may not work on firefox)

A. General:

1. Distrix whitepapers 
2. Industrial Internet Consortium 
3. Video - Developing a future-proof IoT Strategy

B. Security:

1. IIC Security Whitepaper 
2. L&T Tech Security Whitepaper-General Overview

C. Companies (General):

1.  Distrix

D. Companies (Security):

1. Mocana

 E. Companies (Consumer):

1. Enflux
2. Water flow mapper
3. Dovetail.care
4. Acton
5. Carrobot (fatigue monitoring)
6.  Daylighted

 F. Usecases:

1.  U-blox.com usecase possibilities with BLE

Singing like a canary in the coalmine.

Being back so soon to write is surprising enough. It's not that I detest writing but may be you want to call it an act of procrastination. Deterministically surfing through web, there are many good and bad articles I come across. After avoiding some articles, few are partially read and very few are completely read but there are couple of sites to visit without fail. At his moment, the Verve's Rolling People in my room is keeping my whole apartment alive. In the absence of my friends, music is the soulmate.
Well, I am getting to my point slowly and unsteadily. Thats what happens when a fledgling writer starts to do what he is worse at. But anyways!! Recently at Grammy's, Police announced their reunion and personally it was a very pleasant surprise. Immediately I called on the help of google god and retrieved some recent indexes from their databases. Unsurprising it had lots of articles on their most-talked reunion and electric performance (Roxanne). Applying a total materialistic approach, I craved for something more, to see them in person and go to their concert.


Andy summers, Gordon Sumner and versatile Steward copeland lashed out a brilliant number from their repertoire. Their reggae-infected rock is so youthful and fresh even today that it mesmerizes you at first hearing. With no second thoughts, arrangers have laid out a tour schedule and announced it that day. Fans went into frenzy and eagerly waiting to grab their tickets. Police opens the tour at Vancouver on may 28th, 2007. Their popularity is reflected from the fact that all the tickets were sold out within mere 3-minutes of opening. Arrangers are no fool and they have arranged for another Police date this year at Vancouver. Good for all.
In US, they come in early july and keep touring for 3-4 months. Ticket prices are rocket high, as much as $250 (yeah, I am not talking about getting it in black.). With a hope to catch their glimpse, I would too plan to get a concert ticket if I can afford otherwise I will have to be a man in the suitcase!!!

pathak.

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