WEEK 4:

IT and Society

LIVING IN THE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ERA
 What is ERGONOMICS
exactly?

:A science that deals with designing

and arranging things so that people
can use them easily and safely
:the parts or qualities of something’s
design that make it easy to use

An applied science concerned with

designing and arranging things people
use so that people and things can
interact most efficiently and safely –
also called biotechnology, human
engineering and human factors.
WHAT IS THE INTERNET OF THINGS
 INTERNET OF
THINGS
Describes the network of
physical objects—a.k.a. "things"—
that are embedded with sensors,
software, and other technologies for
the purpose of connecting and
exchanging data with other devices
and systems over the Internet.
INTERNET OF THINGS –
KEY FEATURES

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

CONNECTIVITY

SENSORS

ACTIVE MANAGEMENT

SMALL DEVICE
 Examples of
IoT Applications

SMART HOME

WEARABLES

SMART CITIES

CONNECTED CARS
 Examples of
IoT Devices

Amazon Echo and

Google Home

Ray Ban – Smart Glasses

Estonia – E-Estonia
INTERNET OF THINGS –
ADVANTAGES

IMPROVED CUSTOMER
MANAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY
OPTIMIZATION

REDUCED WASTE

ENHANCED DATA
COLLECTION
INTERNET OF THINGS –
DISADVANTAGES

SECURITY

PRIVACY

COMPLEXITY

FLEXIBILITY AND
COMPLIANCE
 CIA
TRIAD
CONFIDENTIALITY refers to an organization’s
efforts to keep their data private or secret.

INTEGRITY refers to the quality of something

being whole or complete.

AVAILABILITY means that networks, systems,

and applications are up and running.
 IoT - Sensors
• consist of energy modules, power management modules, RF modules, and sensing modules.
• RF (Radio Frequency) Modules manage communications through their signal processing, WiFi, ZigBee,
Bluetooth, radio transceiver, duplexer, and BAW.
 Wearable
Technology
HEAD – HELMENT and GLASSES

NECK – JEWELRY and COLLARS

ARM – WATCHES AND WRISTBANDS

TORSO – CLOTHING, BACKPACKS

FEET – SOCKS AND SHOES

IoT and Society
Manufacturing Marketing and
Applications Advertising
 Energy Environmental
Applications Monitoring
Building/Housing Transportation
Applications Applications