IoT + Machine Learning: Changing the Paradigm of Technology

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IoT Machine Learning Changing the Paradigm of
Technology
With every passing day, there is constantly
something new coming in the ?eld of technology.
Innovation has given birth to Arti?cial
Intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Many big companies have invested heavily in
these technologies, and it is growing at a fast
pace. We can see how much IoT and AI help us in
everyday life as well as businesses.
Today companies are using AI, powered by machine
learning to understand their customers better
and leverage personalization. Virtual assistants
like Siri, Google Assistant,
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Cortana, Alexa, etc., are making this technology
easy to adopt. Companies like Net?ix, Spotify,
Amazon Prime, etc., are making their algorithms
stronger by using machine learning. With the
help of these algorithms, they study users and
further recommend music or shows, which gave
birth to personalization and, as a result, an
increase in usage. According to research by
Statista, connected IoT devices are estimated to
be 30.9 billion units by 2025. This shows the
amount of demand and applications IoT has in the
market. In this article, we are going to see how
machine learning and IoT is changing the
world. Let's have a quick overview of machine
learning and the Internet of Things. What is
Machine Learning? Machine learning is one of the
critical components of AI, where the algorithms
are developed to improve the performance of the
software. It uses big data to understand and
provides users with personalized experiences. Any
eCommerce platform, streaming service, music
streaming platform, etc., uses it to understand
users and provide them
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with a better experience. Slowly it is becoming
more popular and almost used in all
industries. What is IoT? IoT stands for the
Internet of Things it is used to connect
various devices with the internet and pass data.
It is used in the healthcare sector,
automobiles, retail, and more. But, going one
step further, with the integration of machine
learning, IoT devices get a brain. Thus, giving
rise to the Arti?cial Internet of Things. Today
it is one of the most powerful technologies to
use products in the best way possible. Let's see
how Machine Learning and IoT are changing the
world around us Retail Commerce eCommerce
companies like Amazon, Wish, Myntra, etc., are
using machine learning to understand their users
better and provide personalization. With the
help of big data, these companies can study
their customers' purchase history, market
trends, customers' spending patterns, habits, and
preferences. A company studies this data,
aggregates it, and uses it to make decisions.
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With the help of machine learning algorithms,
businesses can understand the purchase patterns
and further make the customers' experience
better. Amazon was the ?rst company to recommend
personalized products depending on customers'
previous purchases. Not only this, today they
have come with "Amazon Go" in which its "Just
Walk Out" technology is changing the face of
brick-and-mortar stores. It is helping shoppers
to checkout without the need to wait in line,
the kiosks, which are enabled with Alexa there
helps them in searching products in the store,
recommending dinner recipes, and more. It uses
some advanced technology like computer vision,
deep learning, machine learning, and sensor
fusion to understand their customers. Another
example is Rebecca Minkoff, a fashion brand
company using IoT, RFID, and other leading-edge
technologies in their retail store. They have a
huge digital wall using which customers can order
their drinks or if they need an employee to help
them with an in-store purchase. Going further,
in the trial rooms, they have smart mirrors
using which customers order different clothes,
change sizes, and more. When the customers use
these smart
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mirrors, the employee is noti?ed and comes with
the required clothes. During checkout, customers
have to use the store's iPad and RFID tags to
track the clothes. Customers can scan the tags,
and using the iPad, they can make the payment.
Once done, customers can themselves remove the
tags using the machines. Other companies like
Nike, Google, and more are making their retail
stores smarter and trying to provide better
customer experiences. Smart Homes Smart homes
have become real now it is no more luxury or
limited only to few people. With the help of AI
and IoT, many homes today are getting converted
to smart homes. It uses devices like sensors,
meters, and lights to collect and analyze data.
Using this, they can de?ne the home
infrastructure, utilities and provide more ease
to daily tasks. Companies like Amazon, Google,
and Apple have their own home automation
solution. You need to pick the solution you
prefer and automate your home independently or
reach out to integrators. They already have
smart devices in the home
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category and provide compatibility with third
party devices as well. Talking about Google,
their Nest home solution makes your home
smarter, and everything connected with your
Google Home App. You can connect smart
speakers, cars, TV, headphones, watches, and
more. With the help of Nest Thermostat, you can
adjust the temperature of your home. Its sensors
sense your presence in the home, if there is
anyone, they can set the temperature
accordingly. Other way around, if there is no one
in the home, it changes the temperature, saving
you energy. With the Nest Hub, you can watch
videos while cooking, send voice commands to
Google Assistant to play music, podcasts, and
audiobooks. You can ef?ciently control your smart
home by knowing things like who is at the door,
which lights are on, dim the lights, know the
weather, control your thermostats, con?gure
security cameras, watch live feed, and more.
Everything easily at your ?ngertips. While
Googles devices are great, it is not the only
company that makes them. Amazon and Apple are
also in the same
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• business. Several other companies like Ikea,
  Phillips, etc. make smart versions of their
  products, making the connected home a
  possibility for everyones ?nancial range and
  stylistic taste.
• Smart Cities
• With the increasing number of population and
  rapid urbanization, making cities smart has
  become important. Today companies and
  governments are investing heavily in this.
  Experts claim smart cities will be the future and
  play a major role in increasing economic growth.
  Governments have introduced smart streetlights
  to make smart cities, enabling CCTV surveillance
  cameras with facial recognition software that
  helps during theft, smart parking management, and
  more. Let's see some of the verticals of smart
  cities in brief
• Smart Lights
• Smart lights turn on only when the person or a
  vehicle passes by. They help a lot in saving
  energy and run on solar panels. These devices
  use a motion sensor to know when an object
  passes by, and it also dims in the area where
  there is low occupancy.

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• Smart Parking
• Parking areas use In-Ground Vehicle Detection
  Sensors, that help drivers ?nd vacant parking
  spaces. It uses the central parking management
  system and transmits the data via sensors. This
  helps in reducing parking congestion, vehicle
  emissions, and less trouble to ?nd the parking
  space.
• Smart Roads
• Smart roads use sensors and IoT technology to
  make driving vehicles easy and safe. Various
  sensors are attached to the various sides of the
  road and send users real-time noti?cations about
  weather and traf?c conditions. It also helps in
  preventing accidents when vehicles or passengers
  are near the car. This is just the beginning of
  what AI and IoT can do to make cities smarter
  and safer.
• Self Driving Cars
• Self-driving cars are the future of cars and are
  safe, clean, and more ef?cient for future
  transportation. Software developers use machine
  learning and deep learning algorithms to enable

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computer vision. It helps vehicles to make
decisions the same as humans while driving.
Self-driving cars use sensors to know if there
are any objects nearby. Other advanced control
information can help to ?nd navigation
routes. Conclusion The current application of
machine learning and IoT is just the tip of the
iceberg, there is still more to explore in both
?elds. With the constant growth of technology, we
can assure it will make our lives easier and
lead in the way of innovation. Today we can say
that almost every industry is covered using
machine learning and IoT. There is no limit to
thinking about how this technology and its uses
can change the world. There are more
applications of AI and IoT than we can ever
imagine. We can truly say automating things
around us helps in making our lives easier, and
hopefully safer.
Source https/ www.biztechcs.com/blog/iot-machine
-learning-cha nging-technology/
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