KUWAIT: In the
midst of the accelerating pace of technological innovations and developments in
humanity service, new types of technological services have emerged which allow
individuals and institutions easy access to the service or goods, most notably
the concept of the Internet of things (IoT).
IoT means the new
generation of the Internet, which allows the understanding of devices connected
to each other over the Internet. These devices include various artificial
intelligence tools, other instruments sensors, and remote sensing via
satellite. IoT technology allows people to control devices without having to be
in a specific place to deal with a particular device.
This definition
transcends the traditional concept of connecting people with computers and
smartphones across a single global network and through the traditional
Internet. In Kuwait, the IoT Society was established in 2018, it is a public
organization that seeks to strengthen the role of governmental and private
institutions in the field of Internet objects and to form partnerships to
support creators, programmers, application owners and investors in this field.
Kuwait IoT
Society spokesperson, Hassan Al-Bahrani said yesterday that the association
seeks to keep pace with the vision of the country (New Kuwait 2035) through the
use of modern technology. It also aims to keep up with this intelligent
approach and adapt it in the life of society to move from the traditional era
to its digital counterpart, he added.
Al-Bahrani noted
that the association is working on the preparation of studies to identify
projects that could be addressed by IoT technology to take advantage of cost
reduction by saving time and effort. He pointed out that one of the benefits
offered by IoT to humans is to provide electricity cost, reduce the voltage and
time required for operation, alarm and locks, especially that this technology
has entered the industrial and service sectors of government agencies such as education,
health and technical services institutions.
He stressed that
the association is preparing a project on measuring the brain waves, monitoring
the performance of the devices implanted in the human body, measuring the level
of oxygen, monitoring the heartbeat and measuring the level of sugar and blood
pressure using the IoT technology. The spokesperson pointed out the importance
of IoT technology in smart homes, as the Internet connects all the devices of
this house with a mechanism for monitoring and alarm, which contributes to
saving the time and energy of the electrical devices by running programmed
orders.
IoT is a system
of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects,
animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to
transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or
human-to-computer interaction. - KUNA