F E AT U R E By Amanda Merrell
The internet of things
Are we ready to make it work for landscape? The internet of things is not only revolutionising the luxury goods business but could have a major impact on addressing climate emergency at a local level argues Amanda Merrell.
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few years ago, if you had asked people about “internet of things (IoT)” it would have not meant very much, maybe a vague reference to “fridges that reorder your milk”. It was seen as a solution for a problem that most people felt they
did not have. Serious discussions on IoT were conducted behind the closed doors of the tech and telecoms companies. How times have changed. The definition of IoT is: “A system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines,
objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring humanto-human or human-to-computer intervention”. In construction and building maintenance there has been explosive 35
