IoT comes from the English "Internet Of Things", many times we wonder what it really means, we have heard the term, but do we know what it refers to? There are those who do not know the true utility, on the other hand there are others who have incorporated it, making it part of their daily life as well as at the company level.
Let's start with a global definition, it refers to a vast number of “things” that connect to the Internet so that they can share data with other things - applications for IoT, connected devices, industrial machines and more. Internet-connected devices use built-in sensors to gather data and, in some cases, take action on it. Devices and machines connected to the Internet can improve the way we work and live. (SAS, an American company specialized in analytical processes for the improvement of daily actions)
This new definition, which was born at the end of the 20th century, has been incorporated due to the increase and accessibility of the Internet, massifying its use and application. Who would have thought that in the middle of the year 2020 a clock would connect us to our cell phones? Today, many science fiction proposals have come true.
Crosstech has made it possible, mainly helping companies to streamline remote processes, interconnecting information, shortening times and allowing records not to be forgotten. Sending alerts and messages to users in charge of supervising the processes and initiating corrective actions.
IoT has been a contribution in shortening distances, from one point of the world to another, we have connected, not only human beings, technology is the bridge that interacts with inanimate objects.
Industries and companies have understood that taking the step to use the IoT is paying off, connecting the physical world with the digital world. Today it can be used in retail, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare, agriculture, energy or the government itself, among others.
An example in the agricultural sector for the use of the IoT has been to control frost, prevent freezing of fruit and save production. How is it achieved? Through sensors placed on the premises (which in turn is connected to a digital platform), which measure environmental temperature; When the measurements go outside the ideal parameters, alerts are activated that tell water sprinklers to work and thus prevent the cold from penetrating the fruit and damaging it.
There is still an infinity of possibilities for use and improvement, but those who have opted for its integration see the results daily.
