Introduction to the application
IoT (Internet of things) has found a wide range of applications in modern times. IoT can be defined as follows:
The Internet of things (IoT) is the collective web of connected smart devices that can sense and communicate with each other by exchanging data via the Internet.
IoT devices are connected to the Internet; they sense and communicate. They are equipped with different types of sensors that collect the data they observe and transmit it over the Internet. This data can be stored, analyzed, and often acted upon in near-real time. The number of such connected devices is projected to rise rapidly; according to Wikipedia, there will be an estimated 30 billion connected devices by 2020. Since each device can capture the current value of a metric and transmit it over the Internet, this can result in massive amounts of data.
A plethora of types of sensors have emerged in recent times for temperature, humidity, light, motion, and airflow; these can be used in different...
