Virtual Objects on the Internet of Things

Espada, Jordán Pascual; Martínez, Óscar Sanjuán; García-Bustelo, B. Cristina Pelayo; Lovelle, Juan Manuel Cueva

doi:10.9781/ijimai.2011.144

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“…In other words, the core idea of ubicomp is that any tangible object can either include or be a computer. The idea behind IoT, in turn, is that any “thing” or object that is appropriately tagged can communicate through an Internet‐like structure with other objects that are similarly tagged (Pascual Espada, Sanjuán Martínez, Pelayo G‐Bustelo, & Cueva Lovelle, ). In other words, when appropriately tagged, any tangible object can include Internet connectivity.…”

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Young children’s perceptions of ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things

Mertala¹

2019

Brit J Educational Tech

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Ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) and the Internet of things (IoT) are turning into everyday household technology at an ever‐increasing pace, for example, in the form of connected toys. However, while ubicomp and IoT are changing and shaping children’s digital and technological landscape, not much is known about how children perceive these omnipresent and concealed forms of digital technology. This qualitatively oriented paper explores 3‐ to 6‐year‐old Finnish children’s perceptions of ubicomp and IoT via interviews and a design task. Initially, the children were skeptical toward the idea that tangible objects, such as toys, could be computer and/or Internet enabled. However, these perceptions were subject to change when children were introduced to a scientific conception of what computers and the Internet are and asked to apply their knowledge to a technological design task. Implications for early years digital literacy education are discussed in the paper.

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Young children’s perceptions of ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things

Mertala¹

2019

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…Normal user lacks the technical knowledge required for the development of IoT applications. Do-it-yourself (DIY) vision has made it possible for a normal user to design smart and customizable IoT applications [32]. The authors in this paper [33] have designed and developed an application that provides a user-friendly interface and visualizes the resources in the form of virtual objects.…”

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Design and Implementation of an Interworking IoT Platform and Marketplace in Cloud of Things

2019

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An internet of things (IoT) platform is a multi-layer technology that enables automation of connected devices within IoT. IoT platforms serve as a middle-ware solution and act as supporting software that is able to connect different hardware devices, access points, and networks to other parts of the value chain. Virtual objects have become a vital component in every IoT platform. Virtual objects are the digital representation of a physical entity. In this paper, we design and implement a cloud-centric IoT platform that serves a purpose for registration and initialization of virtual objects so that technology tinkerers can consume them via the IoT marketplace and integrate them to build IoT applications. The proposed IoT platform differs from existing IoT platforms in the sense that they provide hardware and software services on the same platform that users can plug and play. The proposed IoT platform is separate from the IoT marketplace where users can consume virtual objects to build IoT applications. Experiments are conducted for IoT platform and interworking IoT marketplace based on virtual objects in CoT. The proposed IoT platform provides a user-friendly interface and is secure and reliable. An IoT testbed is developed and a case study is performed for a domestic environment to reuse virtual objects on the IoT marketplace. It also provides the discovery and sharing of virtual objects. IoT devices can be monitored and controlled via virtual objects. We have conducted a comparative analysis of the proposed IoT platform with FIWARE. Results conclude that the proposed system performs marginally better than FIWARE.

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“…Virtualisation allows the higher layers of the IoT architecture to: (i) interface with devices; (ii) provide devices with the required commands, adapted to their native communication protocol; and (iii) monitor their activities and connection capabilities. The result of virtualisation, i.e., the VO, is defined by [12] as the virtual counterpart of one or more real objects, and, as such, it inherits all their functionalities, characteristics and acquired information. In [13], the authors propose a framework for sensor Cloud in a Smart City context, to enable the necessary resources, storage and computing capabilities for large amounts of heterogeneous and personalized data coming from distributed sources in a transparent and secure manner.…”

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Dynamic Involvement of Real World Objects in the IoT: A Consensus-Based Cooperation Approach

Pilloni

Atzori

Mallus

2017

Sensors

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A significant role in the Internet of Things (IoT) will be taken by mobile and low-cost unstable devices, which autonomously self-organize and introduce highly dynamic and heterogeneous scenarios for the deployment of distributed applications. This entails the devices to cooperate to dynamically find the suitable combination of their involvement so as to improve the system reliability while following the changes in their status. Focusing on the above scenario, we propose a distributed algorithm for resources allocation that is run by devices that can perform the same task required by the applications, allowing for a flexible and dynamic binding of the requested services with the physical IoT devices. It is based on a consensus approach, which maximizes the lifetime of groups of nodes involved and ensures the fulfillment of the requested Quality of Information (QoI) requirements. Experiments have been conducted with real devices, showing an improvement of device lifetime of more than 20%, with respect to a uniform distribution of tasks.

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Virtual Objects on the Internet of Things

Cited by 34 publications

References 6 publications

Young children’s perceptions of ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things

Young children’s perceptions of ubiquitous computing and the Internet of Things

Design and Implementation of an Interworking IoT Platform and Marketplace in Cloud of Things

Dynamic Involvement of Real World Objects in the IoT: A Consensus-Based Cooperation Approach

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