Taron Foxworth
Internet Of Things, Web, and Hardware
Class 6
Voice assistants will augment, not replace, the human workforce
Gartner predicted that by 2020, users will complete 30 percent of web browsing sessions without a screen.
Sigfox IoT Network Targets 6 Million Device Connections This Year
The company expanded its network to 45 countries and its network of connected devices grew 65% to 3 million, according to a presentation of its 2017 results and a 2018 roadmap. The Sigfox network now reaches 800 million people worldwide.
Will Consumers Develop Romantic Relationships With Their Virtual Assistants?
“People are engaging with their voice-activated speakers as if they were human,” Google said. “They’re saying ‘please,’ ‘thank you,’ and even ‘sorry.’ People perceive the devices as more than just an electronic toy; they’re more akin to another person or a friend.”
Real world 4G LTE vs. 5G test benchmark: 14x bandwidth
The 4G maintained a stable 50 MBit/s
The 5G connection yielded significantly higher bandwidth. It constantly stayed above 700 MBit/s.
Project Proposals
Where you can start?
REsources
Hosting
https://zeit.co/now
Heroku
MQTT Broker
HiveMQ
CloudMQTT
Web Frameworks?
Digital Ocean
AWS
Git?
Class Goal
Speak to the Internet
🗣🔊
Voice
Does any one own an Alexa?
🗣🔊
Voice
Nothing is magic
✨
What's Actually Inside
What's Actually Inside
What's Actually Inside
Pro TIP
Building your own version of Alexa and skill
Alexa Skill
Creating A skill
Webhooks
To the whiteboard!
Sorry, no diagram. They all sucked
{
"intents": [
{
"intent" : "OfficePlantsIntent",
"slots" : [
{
"name" : "PlantName",
"type" : "LIST_OF_PLANTS"
}
]
}
]
}My new skill
Creating your own skill Part 1
Alexa, ask my kit to turn on the light?
Creating your own skill Part 2
Alexa, ask my kit the temperature?
Creating your own skill Part 2.5
Building your own web