Google details its vision for the IoT
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Cerf cited an example of the potential privacy threats that could emerge with these billions of sensors. To stress the importance of shared sensor data, he pointed out how first responders could benefit from using location data to rescue a victim trapped in a home fire. But he also acknowledge that criminals could use the same shared sensor data to determine when people are away from home and plan a robbery.
The IoT remains at an early stage of development and adoption. Google has open source beacons, networking, an OS, SDKs, and machine learning, all of which enables developers and manufacturers to begin building consumer products. All this open source software will take time to mature, and for developers to learn. There will be some midcourse corrections to strategy and specifications to keep pace with an evolving new industry.
The key takeaway from the Ubiquity summit is that Google is the only company with a comprehensive vision with advanced machine learning, geolocation, and cloud technologies to knit all the pieces into the IoT.
Steven Max Patterson lives in Boston and San Francisco where he follows and writes about trends in software development platforms, mobile, IoT, wearables and next generation television. His writing is influenced by his 20 years' experience covering or working in the primordial ooze of tech startups.
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