IoT-Enhanced Human Experience

Modern societies are seeing an unprecedented surge in the number and range of devices deployed and used in day-today applications, including mobile phones, tablets, wearable devices, and other connected sensing and actuation devices, collectively referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT). By one estimate, by 2020, 50 billion such devices are expected to be deployed. Such a massive number of IoT devices will be continuously or periodically making the data they generate available on the Internet. They represent an unprecedented opportunity to develop contextually intelligent applications with far-reaching societal implications. They can deliver fine-grained services in various areas such as health, fitness and wellbeing, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, disaster coordination, sustainability and the environment, and human development and social good. These intelligent applications and services, however, could also pose privacy, security, and trust issues and risk a person’s safety.