This document discusses the use of Android to power the Internet of Things (IoT). It provides context on smart cities and the growth of connected devices. Key points made include that Android is well-suited for IoT due to its power efficiency, ease of development, and ability to connect devices. Specific Android-powered IoT platforms and tools are mentioned, such as Bluetooth Smart, Xively for data logging, and Google's efforts in the space. Issues around standardization, scale, and privacy of isolated IoT networks are also addressed.

1. Android powered
Internet of Things
ALEXANDRU IOVANOVICI
POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA
ADVANCED COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES LABORATORY

2.  Songdo, South Korea
 first of its kind fully equipped and wired smart city
 $40 billion in 10 years;

3. “With Android, you get
something that is
power-efficient, it’s
easy for developers to
do the user interface
and touch
controls, and it’s easy
to get data in and out”
[Philip
DesAutels, Xively]

4. What is IoT ?
 uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an
Internet-like structure [Ashton99]
 “[…] the expanding interconnectedness of smart devices, ranging
from sensors in your shoe to jet engine monitors” [BusinessWeek]
 Each object can be connected via other objects (usually via third
party) to exchange data.
 Roots in the M2M.
The third age of the Internet

5. State of IoT

6. What do we need ?
 RFID
 NFC
 Barcodes
 2D codes: QR … or the more obscure ones: Aztec, Data
Matrix, HCCB, PDF417
 Digital watermarking: adding auth. data to a “signal”;
 IPv6: there would be more IP addresses available than things.
“Every screen variant, mobile chip, and sensor known to man has been
tuned to work with Android” – [Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation]

7. Bluetooth Smart (Low
Energy)
“Where as classic
Bluetooth devices measure
their battery life in
hours, Bluetooth Smart
devices measure their
battery in months or even
years”
- proximity detection
- vitals monitoring

8. Implementation … issues
 Lack of standardization;
 Size: it’s going to be huge. From 50 to 100 trillion of moving things
[Waldner 2007];
 Time constraints: “extremely hard real-time system”: billion of
simultaneous events.
 Position tracking: things have to know their neighbors and interact
to them.
 The shear quantity of data is way above what we can process
now … or not !?

9. Internet of Isolated Things
 Systems running on a smaller scale: size and area;
 Informationally isolated to the “big IoT”  private
networks;
 Such as:
 Home automation;
 Industrial control;
 Safety critical systems.

10. Typical applications
 Sensors and sensor networks …
 Xively ex Cosm ex Pachube -;)
 Framework for real time data logging
 Chatty Things
 XMPP extension
 Home automation
 Smart product management
devicehub.net

11. IoT @ Google

12. Soft stuff -;)
 Accessory Development Kit
 a reference implementation for hardware manufacturers and hobbyists to use as a
starting point for building accessories for Android
 “new and alternative hardware based on the ADK is encouraged!” [Release notes]
 Android accessories can be audio docking stations, exercise machines, personal
medical testing devices, weather stations, or any other external hardware device
that adds to the functionality of Android.

13. Hard stuff -;)
 Bluetooth via Amarino
 Android IOIO

14. Android@Home: I/O 2007
 software framework for Android that allows programmers to interact with various
connected appliances such as light bulbs, thermostats, washing machines and more.

15. Android world

17. bRight Switch
Features
Learning mode, Dimmer, Built-in programmable timers, Integrated speaker and
microphone, Proximity detection/motion sensing, WiFi capability, Outlet
control, Customizable features

18. Staples connect

19. Threats
 “internet of things holds
promises but it also holds
dangers” [Rob van
Kraneburg 2011]
 “the intelligence community
views Internet of Things as a
rich source of data”
[Spencer 2012]

20. Powered by Android ;-)