Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-things
To address climate change, environmental monitoring and wellness more generally on a global scale, a new concept is presented - the bionic internet-of-things, or b-IoT. We propose the utilization of existing organic “sensor” technology that nature has provided and discuss a future adapting these to...
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| description | To address climate change, environmental monitoring and wellness more generally on a global scale, a new concept is presented - the bionic internet-of-things, or b-IoT. We propose the utilization of existing organic “sensor” technology that nature has provided and discuss a future adapting these to an existing inorganic internet to truly open up a global IoT. The use of organisms, in the first instance plants, bring an additional physical and psychological factor, connecting up living in things in a way that is consistent with natural symbiosis but extended over a global and potentially galactic scale. These plants not only monitor the environment, they interact to enable it to thrive, producing an ecosystem that consumes CO2, generates oxygen, recycling land and providing an environment for other organic species to develop. In contemporary real estate development, the need for a more whole ecosystem approach is recognized and that technology plays a vital role towards that. Thus, we identify wellness and wellbeing as an integral part of all future technology development. A fundamental challenge is connecting such sensors to the IoT. We briefly review technologies of relevance in the context of material, health and environmental considerations, and discuss novel transducer mechanisms. To assess sensor capability, we review our recent work on measuring leaf material properties using contact angle mapping, demonstrating a diversity of potential for environmental monitoring from this method alone. We also review some examples of common botanical properties that already exist which can in principle be readily coupled to existing transducers to create the hybrid b-IoT. We briefly speculate into the future of materials at the sensor end and into reaching space that can meet low cost and provide advanced functionality to help connectivity and integrate fibre and fibreless technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-025cf37e707e433aa4b4d9abbe46b00d2022-12-22T04:39:08ZengElsevierOptical Materials: X2590-14782022-10-0116100204Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-thingsJohn Canning0Yunlong Guo1Zenon Chaczko2Laseire Consulting, Sydney, NSW, Australia; PhoenixZ Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Independent Scholars Association of Australia, Australia; School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; Corresponding author. Laseire Consulting, Sydney NSW, Australia.School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaFaculty of Design, Dept. of Computer Science SWPS University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Warsaw, PolandTo address climate change, environmental monitoring and wellness more generally on a global scale, a new concept is presented - the bionic internet-of-things, or b-IoT. We propose the utilization of existing organic “sensor” technology that nature has provided and discuss a future adapting these to an existing inorganic internet to truly open up a global IoT. The use of organisms, in the first instance plants, bring an additional physical and psychological factor, connecting up living in things in a way that is consistent with natural symbiosis but extended over a global and potentially galactic scale. These plants not only monitor the environment, they interact to enable it to thrive, producing an ecosystem that consumes CO2, generates oxygen, recycling land and providing an environment for other organic species to develop. In contemporary real estate development, the need for a more whole ecosystem approach is recognized and that technology plays a vital role towards that. Thus, we identify wellness and wellbeing as an integral part of all future technology development. A fundamental challenge is connecting such sensors to the IoT. We briefly review technologies of relevance in the context of material, health and environmental considerations, and discuss novel transducer mechanisms. To assess sensor capability, we review our recent work on measuring leaf material properties using contact angle mapping, demonstrating a diversity of potential for environmental monitoring from this method alone. We also review some examples of common botanical properties that already exist which can in principle be readily coupled to existing transducers to create the hybrid b-IoT. We briefly speculate into the future of materials at the sensor end and into reaching space that can meet low cost and provide advanced functionality to help connectivity and integrate fibre and fibreless technologies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590147822000687 |
| spellingShingle | John Canning Yunlong Guo Zenon Chaczko Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-things Optical Materials: X |
| title | Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-things |
| title_full | Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-things |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-things |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-things |
| title_short | Sustainability, livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet-of-things |
| title_sort | sustainability livability and wellbeing in a bionic internet of things |
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