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How does the Internet of things work? & Examples of Internet of Things

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How Does the Internet of Things Work? & What is IoT ? We have heard many things in fiction from the past. It includes our cars automatically choosing the least congested route to work or home, automatic alarms, smart homes that do what we want at just a single voice command and many more. These things don’t feel like fiction anymore, and we can use these in our day to day activities now. All of these things come under the umbrella of Internet of Things applications. IoT Platform is made of four fundamental components. These are: 1. Sensors/Devices: Sensors like RFID are present everywhere, and these sensors collect very minute data from all their surroundings. This data can range from something as simple as the temperature to something much more complex such as video footage. A device might also have a number of sensors which can act together to sense things or even go a step further from sensing things. For example, your phone has a number of sensors like GPS, a...