The Internet of Things (IoT) is a revolutionary technology that aims at
embedding everything we interact with or use with the capability to share and receive
information over the internet. By everything, we mean all plausible things, from the
refrigerator in your kitchen and washing machine to a soil moisture sensor on a farm
and sprinklers in a stadium field. It has limitless applications in every field, including
medical, industrial/manufacturing, security, etc., to name a few. This myriad of
applications makes IoT a difficult concept to comprehend. To tackle this issue, we
present this work which aims at defining the loosely bounded concept of IoT
comprehensively with related examples and lesser technical jargon than usual. Slowly,
we will dwell into technical aspects and real-life applications by talking about Wireless
Sensory Networks (WSNs, a subset of IoT), Distributed Ledger Technology (or
Blockchain), another revolutionary technology that is merging with IoT to give rise to
an even more secure and robust range of applications. Then, we will discuss the third
pillar, Artificial Intelligence (AI), that, when paired with the aforementioned systems,
breathes life into the devices we interact with daily. Finally, we will weigh the
challenges and prospects of the field.
Keywords: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger
Technology, IoT architecture, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT security, Machine
Learning, ML.
