Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About this Book
1. Basics of the IoT and the WoT
Chapter 1. From the Internet of Things to the Web of Things
1.1. Defining the Internet of Things
1.2. Enter the Web of Things
1.2.1. Web of Things scenario: connected hotel
1.2.2. Comparing IoT and WoT
1.2.3. The Internet of Things—a brief history
1.3. Use cases—why connected objects?
1.3.1. Wireless sensor networks and distributed sensing
1.3.2. Wearables and quantified self
1.3.3. Smart homes and buildings
1.3.4. Smart cities and energy grids
1.3.5. Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0
1.3.6. Smart logistics and supply chains
1.3.7. Marketing 2.0
1.4. The Web of Things—a supercharged Internet of Things
1.4.1. Easier to program
1.4.2. Open and extensible standards
1.4.3. Fast and easy to deploy, maintain, and integrate
1.4.4. Loose coupling between elements
1.4.5. Widely used security and privacy mechanisms
1.4.6. WoT—the shortcomings
1.5. Summary
Chapter 2. Hello, World Wide Web of Things
2.1. Meet a Web of Things device
2.1.1. The suspect: Raspberry Pi
2.2. Exercise 1—Browse a device on the Web of Things
2.2.1. Part 1—The web as user interface
2.2.2. Part 2—The web as an API
2.2.3. So what?
2.3. Exercise 2—Polling data from a WoT sensor
2.3.1. Part 1—Polling the current sensor value
2.3.2. Part 2—Polling and graphing sensor values
2.3.3. Part 3—Real-time data updates
2.3.4. So what?
2.4. Exercise 3—Act on the real world