In chapter five of six of Greengard's book a question arises. How would the IoT be integrated into systems of the present and future? I touched upon that briefly in the last blog post but Greengard goes into more detail in chapters after.
Most of the book focuses on scenarios that the IoT would excel in, but these chapters switch focus to scenarios in which they would not. They highlight some potential issues in standardization and safety. Greengard states that one of the biggest challenges for IoT would be building a foundation that would be able to support such a large and intricate group of machines. Some companies may have the funds to incorporate the IoT into their workplace, but many companies simply don't have the means to make the big leap into the next era of machine-driven industrialization. So what does that mean for these companies? Will they just be left in the dust?
Most likely not. Greengard points out the steadily decreasing costs of systems such as the RFID tags. As these systems become more mainstream, availability at a more affordable cost becomes less rare.
Works Cited
Greengard, Samuel. The Internet of Things. Chaparral:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. Print.
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