e can IoTify anything on the face of the earth.” This is the confident statement coming from 28-year-old entrepreneur Arvind Ravulavaru. He is among the few from the city who have taken a giant leap – as well as risk – in developing futuristic apps by founding start-ups that make products in the field of Internet of Things (IoT). These bunch of youngsters promise smart internet-enabled tech solutions, from electric appliances to cars and even human bodies.
For instance, Mr. Ravulavaru, through his start-up IoT Suitcase, has tested a product that has been designed for the healthcare industry. A pulse rate device is installed with a hardware which can send the patient’s data to a cloud platform, from where it is sent to the concerned doctor who can receive regular updates on a digital device. “We are also planning to use social media and integrate it with the pulse rate readings of the patient. For instance, if the pulse rate is too low or too high, a tweet can be sent out from the patient’s Twitter account, which can work like an alert. We are also planning to programme the system in such a way that when the patient is too ill, a call will automatically be made to an ambulance service without him manually doing it,” he says.
Home automation is another hot idea where multiple start-ups are putting their best foot forward to capture the nascent market.
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T. Krishna Chaitanya, co-founder of AKT Embedded Systems, assures that by installing their hardware and software, devices will cut down electricity costs by 20 per cent and more. “The sensors installed in the electrical and electronic devices in houses and commercial buildings are integrated and interact with each other to send information. The owner can monitor and control lights, ACs, oven or any device manually, or if profiles are created, the power gets switched on or off based on how they are programmed,” says the BITS Pilani graduate, who has developed a gas cylinder sensor for kitchens that can send alert to its owner’s mobile phones when there is a leak.
Vihari Raj of the start-up Smartbox has developed a prototype in which the hardware records and learns its master’s daily habits. “Once it knows when you drink coffee or go to bed, the power supported devices automatically run on their own after a period of 10 days. This way, the user need not even bother to operate anything.” To simplify the whole process of commuting in a car on city streets, Madhusudhan Anand of Adom Technologies has come out with METS (Mobile Employees Transportation System). By installing a plug-in device in one’s car, the complete health of the car will be known with the aid of Augmented Reality which shows up on a screen. Not only that, METS also acts as a platform for car drivers to interact, exchange ideas or plan car-pooling.
Home automation is another hot idea where multiple start-ups are putting their best foot forward to capture the nascent market