In the past few years, unless your news is closed and you don't hear things outside the window, you must have heard of the term Internet of Things more or less. So, what exactly is the Internet of Things?

　　In general, the Internet of Things is a network composed of Internet-connected devices that can collect and exchange data. Some new brands of cars are equipped with multiple applications, which can also be called the Internet of Things. Those smart home devices that allow users to remotely control doors, windows and home appliances are of course the Internet of Things. In addition, those health trackers that allow users to share exercise progress with friends, undoubtedly, also belong to the category of the Internet of Things.

　　It is said that the development of the Internet of Things has prospects, are you working in this field now? As the saying goes, men are afraid of getting into the wrong line and women are afraid of choosing the wrong man. The editor will introduce you to several popular directions of the Internet of Things, and I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

1. Smart home

　　In the past two years, "intelligence" has become a major topic that people talk about, especially the "smart home", which is related to the improvement of the comfort of the people's daily life, has received the most attention and welcome. Smart home remote control has become the mainstream, smart kitchen appliances will burn a new climax! In this great development situation, it can be seen from the intensive actions of the major giants: a huge competitive situation in the development of the smart home industry has already taken shape. Smart home brands are mostly based on wireless technology, combining switches, sockets, sensors, cameras, and self-developed apps to form some linkage scenarios.

2. Internet of Vehicles

　　Cars have evolved into precision machinery equipped with sensors, software, processors, and networks. The Internet of Vehicles is connected to the Ethernet to achieve seamless access to the network. Other interesting areas include autonomous driving systems, lane changes without the intervention of the car owner, and on-board sensors used to avoid collisions and accidents.

3. Wearable devices

　　Wearable devices, especially smart watches, are gradually gaining popularity. The small brands are lonely, and the big ones are starting to go on the market, which can be roughly divided into three trends: a. Luxury women's market: represented by ZTE, Huawei, and mira, and the product forms mostly show the trend of accessories. b. Tyrant gold fashion market: Representatives are Samsung, LG, Sony, Fitbit, etc. The products mostly use gold, rose gold, black gold and other hues. c. Sports data recording and tracking market: Represented by Garmin, Withings, and the direction of the product route has remained largely unchanged, but they all launched the cheap version and expanded the market version by agreement.

4. Drone

　　Drones started the "fighting" of manufacturers, led by DJI, veteran drone pioneers Parrot, and Autel Robotics, but there are also new drone brands such as Zero Intelligent Control, LILY, GoPro, Yihang, Jiyi, etc. market. It is said that Xiaomi has also joined the drone team. It seems that this "play" is more and more worth looking forward to.

5. Intelligent manufacturing

　　Industry 4.0 is advancing triumphantly and bringing about industrial innovation. With the in-depth development of Internet + and the advancement of the Made in China 2025 industry, the fourth industrial revolution is about to come.

6. Energy harvesting

　　Energy harvesting will bring a new revolution. Major companies Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, ARM and other hardware technology giants are all trying their best to develop sensors and chips that can supply their own energy. The main environmental energy sources include light (light energy), heat difference (thermal energy), vibration beams (kinetic energy), transmitted RF signals (magnetic energy) or any other energy that can generate electric charges through the transducer.

7. Virtual Realization

　　Virtual reality sends users to another world. VR (virtual reality), perhaps the biggest highlight of this year, is dominated by giant companies such as HTC, Oculus, and Samsung GearVR.

8. Intelligent robot

　　Intelligent robots continue to advance, and the market for household robots and toys will make greater progress.