The era of the Internet of Things has opened up new opportunities. Not only for professionals, but amateurs and even children who have high creativity can make it happen.
Not just drawing robots, spaceships, or futuristic fashion design, they even really could make by following the tips and free software available on the Internet.
As ADJITECH quotes from Intel's website on Wednesday (02/11/2015), toy into our imagination as a child, with technologies such as Intel and Intel Edison Galileo can we achieve alone.
The equipment is widely used by the creators of the well-known products are now increasingly available, both for school children, hobbyists, and for those who have an idea and a desire to tamper with the electronics.
Access to this technology can be traced from the rapid increase in the so-called open design movement, which is defined as the development of physical products, machines and systems through the use of public information shared design.
"The open source movement that we have seen in the software are now moving into the hardware," said Edward Ross, director of inventors platform of Intel New Devices Group.
"It allows people to get access to technology that can be used to make the devices they prefer, ranging from school projects to prototype industrial grade," he explained further.
In the past, what might be too complex or expensive for most people, it is now easier to use and affordable for anyone interested in making a device that is connected to the internet and can be controlled from a personal computer, tablet or smartphone.
Jamel Tayeb, who works for Intel Software and Services Group, has just created a balloon space, using Intel Galileo, low power and only the size of a smartphone.
The balloons are able to fly as high as 97,000 feet before returning to earth, not far from where it is launched and can take amazing photos. "This is a lifelong dream of mine to take photos of the curvature of the earth," he said excitedly.
"I realize that dream with his bare hands, open source software and a little help from friends and fellow makers. It will be something that many people do because the technology keeps getting better and easier to use," said Tayeb.
Although Tayeb familiar with electronics for appropriate work, but this is the first space balloon he had ever made. Tayeb using materials that anyone could buy them online, or can be purchased at almost all major electronic stores.
Such as open source software, which is usually developed in a collaborative community and even for free. Likewise, the open source hardware, which allows anyone to reconfigure or reprogram computing components using a variety of software, both free, open source software and paid.
The term Internet of Things be a keyword used by technology companies lately. But Edward Ross told what is in reality little more driven by the movement of an open design.
"More things are connected to the Internet is not just because of personal devices, industrial machinery as well as smart-technology city," said Ross.
"Crowdfunding, 3D printing and the open source movement to drive more people to make the things they want and are connected and running on the Internet."
The various microcontrollers available today, but Intel makes a new type that gives makers a great computing performance and software that makes it easy to connect to the Internet creations, using cloud services to analyze and store data and even connect to another wireless device.
"Galileo is to learn and create," said Ross. "This device is suitable for hobbyist, as well as school children. Hardware and its software is easy to use, compatible with low-cost, commonly used for Arduino microcontroller and kit makers."
Dream to create the future of gadgets in the era of the Internet of Things could also be realized by seeking funding through Kickstarter commonly relied upon by the tech
