The communication amongst interconnected devices increasingly breaks down the social divides bringing about a new perspective that can lead to breakthroughs. After almost a year of working from home, companies need to give employees some reason to return to the office in 2021. The traditional spaces were designed to facilitate human connection. But can modern workspaces with machines bring the same credibility as real-life in-person contact? While some might think of setting up outposts in unconventional locales with the internet, others might offer a reprieve for employees to gravitate towards. As the pandemic stretched on and people became increasingly comfortable with remote work, the purpose of the new office was redefined. 2020 tested our resilience, forcing the world to change on the fly how it lives and works. The antidote to COVID-19 is still is a tenuous promise but we need to decide what we wish to see in the post-pandemic world as we approach 2021. This list is by no means a comprehensive one and we invite you to join us! What are some of the biggest Internet of Things trends that will resurface in 2021 and transform the pace of an earlier decade? Let’s find out!
Smart Offices/Internet of Behaviour: Businesses struck by pandemic became more self-reliant and inclined towards technology. We’ll have a vaccine but it won’t let us out of social distancing. Companies are inclined towards making their offices smarter to comply with the norms in the public interest as the Internet of behaviour surfaces. This trend will also include making use of RFID tags to monitor if employees are following the sanitation guidelines, making efficient use of sanitizers and washing their hands often.
Global Positing System/Location data will be used more than ever: Remote check-ins and curb-side pick-ups will be prevalent as in addition to third-party sources, technology vendors and partners will collect and make use of location data that consumers can trust.
Remote Workplaces Will Have More Connected Assets: As easy as it sounds, companies (field service/OEM) will continue working online with all social distancing norms in place.
Connected Healthcare Will Surge: Considering the current situation, online consultations, checkups, medical reports, and medications will be preferable. And there will be a greater interest in digital health devices owing to convenience and affordability.
Security Around Smart Interconnected Devices: IoT will bring many more trends, and will continue bringing about a change in industries. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, IoRT (Internet of Retail Things), IoLT (Internet of Logistics Things), IoWM (Internet of Workforce Management) will help businesses in gaining insight into customer purchase behaviour. Also, IoT combined with AI can be used to create a digital twin that can help the customers leverage data for product design, innovation, and production.
Data Analytics with IoT: IoT will be helpful in processing data quickly, to help businesses make recommendations or taking instant decisions based on their findings. This ability of IoT to partner up with AI or ML technologies will process vast amounts of data.
Improved Data Processing: Quick decisions will be based on the use of IoT, the capacity to efficiently utilize the available data, to process it faster and simultaneously affecting all the connected devices within the network. This need for this trend will increase with the confluence of the 5G network with IoT and IIoT devices and the vast amount of data that companies collect.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most prominent technology trends that have emerged in recent years. Internet initially referred to the ‘wide-scale networking’ of computers, today devices of every size and shape from cars to kitchen appliances to industrial machinery – are all connected. The upcoming year 2021 will be highlighted with such applications, technologies, solutions, making it easier for business industries to work smart. Smart offices, remote access monitoring, location services; self-driving and self-parking vehicles, auto-voice translators, drones, virtual voice assistants – all will be powered by a growing diversity of networking technologies. Call us for all IoT App Development queries.
Neeti Kotia is a technology journalist who seeks to analyze the advancements and developments in technology that affect our everyday lives. Her articles primarily focus upon the business, social, cultural, and entertainment side of the technology sector.
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