Book Internet Of Things

In this column, I want to introduce you to a book that has inspired me and that I am excited about. This time I pay attention to the book “Internet of Things” by Willem Vermeend and Jan Willem Timmer. In it they describe the rise of devices and objects that are connected to the Internet. As a result, they are able to communicate and exchange data with each other and with people.

Fast network connections between computers is a given. Equipment to communicate wirelessly is getting smaller, better and cheaper. As a result, we are increasingly seeing devices communicate directly with each other. This becomes interesting as the intelligence of devices increases and they acquire their own identity. Being autonomous.

An example of this is, your refrigerator self-signaling that it has run out of milk and then creating a shopping list in your supermarket app so that a number of cartons of milk will be delivered the next day. Or what about the beer tap that keeps track of how much beer has been tapped and notifies the distributor’s computer that new kegs need to be delivered.

By now we are used to medical equipment, manufacturing machines and cars being connected to the Internet. But even the “simple” utensils such as a smartphone, toaster and lights can communicate with each other. A (wireless) network is created in which only devices talk to each other and work together, the Internet of Things (IOT). The following link links to a video explaining this: https://youtu.be/EA2Wm6cHvWw

In the IOT, these devices will have their own place. A second world will emerge. The book IOT by Vermeend & Timmer provides insight into the origins of the IOT in an easy-to-read manner, but also what implications it has and where it may go in the future.

This may have major implications for the way factories are built and (mass) manufacturing will take place. I believe that in the coming years a trend will emerge among manufacturing companies that will completely turn the classic pattern of manufacturing as we know it today on its head. Companies that are prepared for this will have a right to exist. Many “classically” organized companies will fail.

In any case, the book “Internet of Things” by Vermeend & Timmer has taught me to look differently at the organization of production. I highly recommend it. it reads easily and, in my opinion, gives a good picture of upcoming developments.