Journey towards a touchless world
Corona has induced an inherent fear of touching things. Humans have become paranoid about physical contact with anything in public spaces (or any place for that matter).
We can easily imagine the future of a touchless world. And IoT will become one of the most sought-after technologies since it has a pivotal role to play in going touchless.
The market analyst and experts say that this fear may have triggered the boom for IoT. They believe companies such as Infosys, Tata Communications, ThoughtWorks, Citius Tech, and Hero Electronix will bank on the opportunities created by IoT.
Alok Bardiya, the head of the IoT Business Unit at Tata Communications. says," IoT has always existed as an automation tool, but the COVID disruption will enhance the adoption of IoT just like it did for collaborative virtual meeting platforms."
The good news is that both enterprise and consumer services segments expect a boost in sales due to the sudden demand for precise IoT solutions post lockdown.
In a world where public health is the current most significant concern, automation of processes and systems and reduce human interactions will lead to the eruption of new use cases.
Here are some Use Cases which I can think of:
As Selvakumar Natesan, the lead IoT tech consultant at ThoughtWorks, said, "With health concerns taking center stage, restaurants may have to attest to food quality in real-time."
Hence perfect time to develop a portable food analyzer that gives an instant report.
Common gathering places like hotels, gyms, and movie halls will need automatic disinfectants, and air quality indicators. Touchless lifts and switches being new normal.
In the healthcare ecosystem, IoT will be instrumental in remote monitoring of patient health and administering medicines, preventing the failure of critical equipment using predictive maintenance systems, disease prediction, and diagnosis.
The demand for smartwatches, air quality monitors, and blood oxygen monitors will rise in consumer space.
Now that things are getting back to normal, and with "Unlock phases" happening, we can be back on track in no time.
Can you think of any other use case that will help us?
Let me know what do you think.
Building Economy|| B2B Marketer|| Engineer|| IIMK
4 年We can provide IOT to every sector like office punching through face recognition but in some cases this is one space where people need to adapt. Banks introduced chip cards to avoid Pin transactions one earliest example of touch less transactions but still practically the shopkeeper take the card from our hand and then wave it over machine. Sometimes people offend and sometimes it happend with a flow.
Entrepreneur at Sujata Medicare
4 年Laxmi Yadav Appreciate you coming up with this timely piece. While you touch right places , you could elaborate any one of them to go into detailing.