1. Internet of Things:
Roadmap for the Future
Vlad Trifa
LIFT09 Workshop
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

2. Real world monitoring
Scientific applications require high-
fidelity and real-time observations
of the real world
Embedded Networked Sensing
to...
Reveal the unobservable
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

3. Wireless Sensor Networks
• Tiny
• Cheap
• Sensor/CPU/RAM
• 1y+ autonomy
• Collaborative
• Evolving....
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

4. Wireless Sensor Networks
Distributed monitoring
of large-scale physical
phenomena
• Seismic structure response
• Ecosystems, bio-complexity
• Marine biology
• Security
• Pollution
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

5. From fields to home...
• HVAC
• Lightning
• Security & access
• Entertainment
• Fire
• Energy consumption
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

6. Energie visible
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

7. Mobile Personal Sensing
http://urban.cens.ucla.edu
• Motivated by 6x10^9 people on earth and
their concerns
• Public health
• Urban planning
• Transport
• Safety
• Culture
• ....
• Enabled by > 3 x 10^9 mobile phone users
• All kinds of sensors
• Geo-coding
• Web-enabled
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

8. Social networking
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

9. Not just for humans...
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

10. Not just for humans...
Problem
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

11. Not just for humans...
Problem
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

12. Not just for humans...
Solu*on
Problem
Vlad Trifa - LIFT, Geneva, 25 Feb ‘09 www.webofthings.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009