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by Michael Miller
The Internet of Things: How Smart TVs, Smart Cars, Smart Homes, and Smart Cities Are Changing the World
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Title Page
Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
About the Author
Dedication
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You!
Reader Services
Introduction
What You Need to Know to Use This Book
One More Thing
1. Smart Connectivity: Welcome to the Internet of Things
Welcome to the Future
What Is the Internet of Things?
What Kinds of Things Can Be Connected to the Internet of Things?
What Do All Those Connected Things Do?
When Will the Internet of Things Arrive?
How Important Is the Internet of Things?
3. Smart TVs: Viewing in a Connected World
What Exactly Is Smart TV?
What’s Inside a Smart TV?
What You Need to Use a Smart TV
What a Smart TV Does
Considering Smart TV Operating Systems
Examining a Typical Smart TV
Exploring Smart TV Set-Top Devices
How to Choose a Smart TV or Device
How Secure Are Smart TVs?
Hacking Into the System
An Eye Into Your Living Room
Official Snooping
Integrating Smart TVs into the Internet of Things
5. Smart Homes: Tomorrowland Today
Automating the Home
Convenience
Security
Efficiency
Tying It All Together
A Short History of Smart Homes
Smart Steps to a Smart Home
Step 1: Basic Communications
Step 2: Simple Commands
Step 3: Automating Basic Functions
Step 4: Tracking and Taking Action
Step 5: Prompting Activities and Answering Questions
Step 6: Automating Tasks
Simple Components for a Smart Home
Sensors
Controllers
Actuators
Buses
Interfaces
Networks
Smarter Living with Smart Furniture
Smarter Environment with Smart Lighting
Smarter Views with Smart Windows
Motorized Window Coverings
Smart Glass
Smarter Heating and Cooling with Smart Thermostats
Nest Learning Thermostat
Other Smart Thermostats
Using Nest with Other Smart Devices
Data Collection and Control Issues
Smarter Protection with Smart Security Systems
Smarter Security Systems
Smart Locks
Smart Security Cameras
Smarter Sensing with Smart Monitors
Smart Smoke Detectors
Smart Air Quality Monitors
Smarter Information with Amazon Echo
Reimagining the Smart Network
INSTEON
Z-Wave
ZigBee
Controlling the Smart Home
Control4
Crestron
HomeSeer
Iris
mControl
Quirky
SmartThings
Vera
Vivint
WeMo
Wink
X10
Where Can You Find Smart Home Devices?
6. Smart Clothing: Wearable Tech
Wearable Technology Today—and Tomorrow
Watching the Smartwatches
Samsung Galaxy Gear
Android Wear
Other Popular Smartwatches
Apple Watch
Exercising with Fitness Trackers
Understanding Fitness and Activity Trackers
Tracking the Trackers
Keeping Well with Wearable Healthcare Devices
Monitoring Your Family with Wearable Trackers
Recording with Wearable Cameras
Eyeing Smart Eyewear
Google Glass
Recon Jet
Glass Backlash
Wearing Other Smart Clothing
Dealing with Your Personal Data
The Value of Data
It’s Your Data, Isn’t It?
Managing the Data
Putting the Data to Use
Enter the Insurance Companies
How to Keep Your Personal Data Personal
Where Do You Get Those Wonderful Toys?
8. Smart Cars: Connecting on the Road
Smart Cars Today—and Tomorrow
Smart Functionality
Smart Diagnostics
Smarter Driving
Smart Communications
Smart Entertainment
Smart Climate Control
Hacking a Smart Car
Cars That Drive Themselves
How Self-Driving Cars Work
What’s Coming
Levels of Automation
Introducing Google’s Self-Driving Car
Pros and Cons of Autonomous Autos
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
Navigating the Legal Landscape
9. Smart Aircraft: Invasion of the Drones
What Drones Are—and What They Aren’t
Understanding Radio-Controlled Aircraft
What Makes a Drone a Drone?
Different Kinds of Drones
How Drones Are Used Today
Military Drones
Intelligence Drones
Surveillance Drones
Civilian Drones
The Future of Drone Aircraft
Smarter Drones
Delivery Drones
Regulating Drone Aircraft
Fly the Scary Skies: The Problems with Drones
Collision and Liability Concerns
Security Concerns
Privacy Concerns
Other Smart Aircraft Technologies
Smart Structures
Smart Skin
Smart Maintenance
Smart Cabins
11. Smart Medicine: We Have the Technology...
Welcome to the Internet of Medical Things
Connecting Devices
Centralizing Records
Realizing Benefits
Smart Medical Devices and Monitoring
Examining Smart Medical Devices
Monitoring the Monitors
Smart Monitoring for Seniors
Smart Meds
Smart Hospitals
Everything’s Monitored, and Nothing’s Monitored
Smarter Devices
Smarter Standards
Other Smart Equipment
Smart Medical Records
Apple HealthKit
Dossia
FollowMyHealth
MediConnect
Microsoft HealthVault
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