There is a wide variety of IoT devices in use today. The range of designs and ingenuity in function is expanding at a furious pace. The scope of what is being measured, monitored, and tracked would be an entire book in itself. And it is, as you can find several through the publisher of this book.
For analytics purposes, it is helpful to understand the variety of devices and how they are being used. Ideas from one industry can cross-pollinate into another and create unexpected value. The combination of devices and use cases can also present very different analytics opportunities and challenges.
Patients in acute care are having their vital signs monitored by low-power wireless sensors where the data can be analyzed remotely. There are several startups, such as Proteus Digital Health, that are developing pill-sized ingestible sensors. Proteus makes a digestible sensor pill that, in combination with a sensor patch worn on skin, monitors when...
