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Internet rzeczy jako rozwiązania ułatwiające życie osób starszych oraz przewlekle chorych
Internet of Things as Solution to Facilitating Life of the Elderly and Chronically Ill

Author(s): Przemysław Dembowski, Łukasz Zakonnik
Subject(s): Social Sciences, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: Internet of things; industrial internet; machine data; wearables; beacon; Bluetooth

Summary/Abstract: In the computerized society for some time we are dealing with a new phenomenon.“Internet of things” is increasingly used in the daily life of man in the private andprofessional life. Intelligent machines, which produce every day and analyze the vastamount of data, from simple sports armbands to measure pulse and body temperature,and high-tech smart homes are becoming more popular. There should also be mentioneda new technology Beacon, using Bluetooth to communicate with smartphones andother devices (eg. audio-visual). The authors in the present article want to discuss theincreasingly widespread phenomenon of the “Internet of things”. This subject will be describedand also will be presented examples of the use of this technology in medicine aswell as help for the elderly. The authors will discuss the possible use of this technologyin the future.

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 4.2
  • Page Range: 261-269
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish