Benguet State University

La Trinidad Campus
La Trinidad, Benguet, 2601

MST 24
LIVING IN THE IT ERA

TOPIC 3:
INTERNET OF THINGS

BSF 2B
Guillen, Laurise
Lopez, Renchel
Maguinsay, Mila
Mallare, John
Manalo, Jema
Mariano, Kyla
 Internet of Things

Internet of Things is slowly being integrated in our daily lives. With the rapid
innovation, development, and invention of technology, we are gradually making our life
easy. Together with the internet, technology we can do a lot of chores more
conveniently, efficiently, effortlessly with a single click.
The Internet of Things, or IoT, is essentially an ecosystem of physical devices,
vehicles, appliances, and other things that have the ability to connect, collect and
exchange data over a wired and wireless network, with little or no human-to-human or
human-to-computer intervention. Allowing integration and data exchange between
physical devices and the computer, this new wave of technology focuses on making
human life more simplified and comfortable with the right mix of efficiency and
productivity. Simply put, the Internet of Things is made up of devices – from simple
sensors to smartphones and wearables – connected together. It means taking all the
things in the world and connecting them to the internet.
Internet of Things can also be useful in the forestry sector. A key benefit of the
IoT would be in connecting and integrating different aspects of the forestry value chain,
e.g. harvesting, processing, manufacturing, transportation and the operation of
machinery. By optimizing log-product merchandising on the skid site or at the harvester
head, scheduling and managing fleets, performing chain-of-custody tracking and tree
data management (tree/log data goes with each log) there is the potential to reduce the
need for rescaling, providing more detailed information to forest managers and
processors. The IoT can also be used for performance assessment, compliance
monitoring and enforcement, maintenance monitoring and scheduling, as well as
integrating safety systems in plant and other physical assets. The benefits from
implementing IoT systems arise from forest owners and contractors being able to
minimize downtime and reduce asset loss/damage through being informed more
frequently about when maintenance is required (pre-emptive maintenance). Automatic
startup/shut-down, minimizing redundancy, and efficient compliance processes could all
be integrated within the actual assets being worked on. Another potential use of IoT
technologies is in the biological monitoring of forests and the environment, typically
weather and response variables such as soil temperature or water availability.
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