What is the Internet of Things? This is a first edition of my slides. Expect regular updates.

1. The Internet of Things and You:
A Developers Guide to IoT
Jim McKeeth
jim.mckeeth@embarcadero.com
@JimMcKeeth
Slides: http://embt.co/iot-you

2. About your presenter – Jim McKeeth
• Lead World Wide Developer Evangelist & Engineer
• Longtime developer
• Object Pascal, C++ Java, JavaScript, C#, Objective-C, etc.
• Invented and patented swipe to unlock in 2000
• US Patent # 8352745 & 6766456, etc.
• Improvisational performer with ComedySportz Boise

3. Embarcadero Technologies
• Founded 1993
• Provides Architect, Database and Developer Tools
• 3.2 Million Customers including 97% of Fortune 2000
• 35+ Product Awards – Consistent Innovation
• 500+ Employees in 29 Countries
• www.embarcadero.com

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5. What is IoT?
• Everyday devices go online
• Smart objects & Wearable
computing
• Information sharing &
Interoperability
• Ubiquitous computing, connectivity
& automation
• APIs & services everywhere
By Wilgengebroed on Flickr used under CC

6. Internet of Things
Metcalfe's law states that the value
of a network is proportional to the
square of the number of
connections in the system (n2).
So the more “things” we connect, the
more value the internet provides.
Image by Woody993 at en.wikipedia

7. Converging Trends
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&$AI$
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&$Queryability$

8. As of July 2014
Wearable User Interfaces
Brain-Computer Interface
Internet of Things
Autonomous Vehicles
expectations
Speech-to-Speech Translation
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2819918
time
Plateau of
ProductivitySlope of Enlightenment
Trough of
Disillusionment
Peak of
Inflated
Expectations
Innovation
Trigger
Plateau will be reached in:
more than 10 years5 to 10 years2 to 5 yearsless than 2 years
obsolete
before plateau
Gartner's 2014 Hype Cycle
for Emerging Technologies
August 11, 2014
Hype Cycle

9. Technology Roadmap: The Internet of Things
SRI Consulting Business Intelligence/National Intelligence Council

10. Where is IoT
• Healthcare
• Fitness
• Home automation
• Industrial
• Connected / autonomous car
• Wearable computing
• Shipping / Transportation
• Travel
• Shopping / Retail
• Smart Appliances
• Entertainment

11. Smart Devices
• Beacons
• Android Wear
• Apple Watch
• Google Glass
• Raspberry Pi
• Arduino
• Set top boxes
• FitBit
• Ninja Blocks
• Emotiv EPOC
• Nest Thermostat
• PTZ Web Cam
• Existing computers,
smartphones, tablets. etc.

12. What are Beacons?
• Broadcast only Bluetooth LE device
• Provides signal strength for range
estimate
• Useful to enhance location data
(indoors and specific proximity)
• Big brother of RFID and NFC

13. Computer Miniaturization & Commoditization
• Small and Everywhere
• Ardunio, Raspberry Pi, etc.
• Sub $50 consumer project devices
• Arduino defines standard with
multiple manufacturers
• Smart Devices
Arduino
Gemma
Rasp Pi 2
BeagleBoard Black
Electric Imp

14. Device Characteristics
• Sensors
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis
• Miniaturization
• Discoverability
TI CC2541 SensorTag
Development Kit - $25

15. Connectivity
• Internet everywhere!
• Bluetooth LE (Smart)
• Z-Wave & Zigbee, etc.
• LiFi
• Google Thread
• IPv6
• Beacons
• NFC
• WiFi Direct

16. http://www.businessinsider.com/growth-in-the-internet-of-things-market-2-2014-2

17. Bluetooth Low Energy / Smart
• Part of Bluetooth 4.0 standard
• Defines standard characteristics (GATT)
• Device and functionality discoverability
• Does not require pairing
• Use utilities like “LightBlue” to interrogate

18. Development Considerations
• Watch Emerging standards
• Avoid Network lock-in
• Avoid Platform lock-in
• Privacy
• Security
• Legal

19. Avoiding Network Lock-in
• Don’t let someone else own your data
• Use BaaS like Parse
• Use self storage or custom cloud (Amazon, etc.)
• Never use iCloud
• Imagine if you had a different Twitter or email account for each
phone, tablet, computer, etc.

20. Avoid Platform Lock-in
• Users have multiple devices & platforms
• You can’t only be on one platform
• Avoid platform centric development tools
• Maintaining multiple codebases means feature leapfrog
• Know advantages over native vs. web technologies

21. Privacy
• Be clear with your users about privacy
• Users getting more comfortable with data sharing
• Follow your privacy policy

22. Security
• Encrypt your transmissions
• Encrypt your storage
• Use proven security standards
• Be educated about security

23. Legal
• Understand how the law relates to your product and service
• There are legal standards around “medical devices”
• Legal compliance is important

24. Common APIs
• Direct Bluetooth
• Direct REST / JSON
• Indirect REST / JSON
• Custom SDK
• Ondevice execution (Linux or Android)
• IFTTT, Tasker, WebSockets, PubNub, etc.

25. Challenges
• Switching from IPv4 to IPv6
• Battery life
• Interoperability & connectivity
• “A basket of remotes”
• Privacy & Security

26. Personal Digital Assistants
• Cloud and AI powered
• Amazon Echo
• Xbox One
• Smart Phones & Tablets
• Siri, etc.

27. 212BB Connected Devices by 2020
6.6
*CISCO
IoT DEVICES
27.9
*IDC
IoT DEVICES
1.2
MOBILE DEVICESMOBILE DEVICES
IoT DEVICES * I D C
IoT DEVICES * C I S C O
2010 2015 2020
B I L L I O N S
2 1 2 B
5 0 B
9 B P E R P E R S O N
P E R P E R S O N
P E R P E R S O N

28. “As much as $19 trillion (USD) in economic
value will be up for grabs over the next
decade for businesses and institutions.”
— CISCO, ON THE INTERNET OF THINGS

29. The Future is the Connected User Experiences

30. Build Secure, Connected Device Environments

31. The Internet of Things and You:
A Developers Guide to IoT
Jim McKeeth
jim.mckeeth@embarcadero.com
@JimMcKeeth
Slides: http://embt.co/iot-you