DEFRA Utilises IoT for Measuring Climate Change
Recently, Vodafone has announced that they will be teaming up with DEFRA to monitor tree growth, and other environmental data, to help combat climate change. What does IoT mean, how are sensors crucial to IoT technologies, and what role could AI play in helping climate change?
The term IoT stands for Internet of Things and refers to the many billions of devices worldwide that connect to the internet. While the concept of internet-enabled devices is not new, the ability for even the most basic of devices to connect to the internet is and is only possible thanks to the development of cheap System on Chips (SoC) that integrate both the processor and RF circuitry needed for a Wi-Fi system.