Mobile Monday Estonia Tartu event - IoT

1. Internet of Things – WTF!?
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD
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2. THE TERM
Wikipedia:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded
with electronics, software, sensors and connectivity to enable it to achieve greater
value and service by exchanging data with the manufacturer, operator and/or other
connected devices. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing
system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure.
The term was first documented by a British visionary Kevin Ashton in 1999
--Wikipedia
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4. AN EXAMPLE CASE STUDY
Latest news from Parse:
Using Parse for IoT to Create an Order Button
Last week's Amazon Dash button announcement has us inspired. We spent half an
hour with an Arduino Yún, a push button, and the new Parse for IoT SDK to create a
device that simulates ordering toilet paper when we’re running low.
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5. SOME HARDWARE HACKING
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Images copied from: http://blog.parse.com/

6. SOME SOFTWARE HACKING: THE CODE IN THE „THING“
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// Send request to parse from the Arduino Yùn
ParseCloudFunction cloudFunction;
cloudFunction.setFunctionName("orderToiletPaper");
ParseResponse response = cloudFunction.send();
response.close();
Code copied from: http://blog.parse.com/

7. SOME SOFTWARE HACKING: THE CODE IN THE „CLOUD“
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// Define the 'orderToiletPaper' Cloud Function
Parse.Cloud.define("orderToiletPaper", function(request, response) {
var shopifyAppId = 'your-shopify-app-id';
var shopifyAppPassword = 'your-shopify-app-password';
var shopifyStoreName = 'your-shopify-store-name';
var shopifyURL = 'https://' + shopifyAppId + ':' + shopifyAppPassword + '@' + shopifyStoreName
+ '.myshopify.com/admin/orders.json';
Parse.Cloud.httpRequest({
url: shopifyURL,
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type' : 'application/json' },
body: {
order: {
email: 'matt@parse.com',
send_receipt: true,
line_items: [
{ title: 'Parse Toilet Paper', id: 443357149, quantity: 1, price: 0.00 }
]
}
}
}).then(function(data) {
response.success('Ordered some TP.');
}, function(error) {
response.error(error);
});
});
Code copied from: http://blog.parse.com/

8. MARKETING CONCERNS
• Lots of bullsh^H^H^H^Hzzword noise
• Big corps and small hacks – everybody is
talking „We do IoT!“
• Landscape looks more like the Oklahoma
Land Rush in 1889 and 1893
• Going to see lots and lots of product
experimentation in terms of new IoT products
births and deaths
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9. THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS
(COMPARED TO THE „USUAL“ SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT)
• Devices being in physical locations inherent in the appliation areas:
• Connectivity concerns → communication protocols: fail-safety &
bandwidth consumption
• Power concerns → CPU, radio, memory etc consumption and
optimization
• Server-side (aka „the cloud“):
• Tons of realtime sensor data piling up → data storage, data
mining/analysis & monitoring
• Hand-in-hand with hardware development:
• Complicated debugging and QA (lack of stable hardware, mature
test facilitating tools etc)
• Otherwise:
• Software development as usual
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10. THANK YOU!
Asko Seeba
CEO, Co-Founder, Mooncascade
Asko.Seeba@mooncascade.com
Mobile: +302 510 5744
Skype: askoseeba
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