London builds the world's first airport for IoT

A few days ago, London City Airport was preparing to make a revolutionary test - the goal is to eliminate all "hate things" that prevent passengers from flying. If successful, such annoying things as baggage loss, flight delays, and queues waiting for security will no longer exist. It is worth mentioning that, stepping out of the terminal building and driving away a group of taxi drivers Finding a cardboard reception board with your name will also be a thing of the past.

Machine networking to accurately grasp passengers' habits of a future high-efficiency life concept is taking the next step into reality with the help of an emerging technology, which is the Internet of Things (IOT). It is reported that this airport IoT system has entered the London City Airport in April and has not yet started operation. It is expected that the test operation phase will be until March 2014. By then, London City Airport will be the first airport in the world to use the Internet of Things for aviation flight testing.

The Portuguese-based technology company LivingPlanIT will lead the project supported by the UK Technology Strategy Council. There is also assistance from large technology companies such as Cisco and IBM.

According to Steve Lewis, CEO of LivingPlanIT, a reporter from Chengdu Business Daily, the Internet of Things applied to London City Airport will be dedicated to building an integrated data hub and traceable sensor network to more accurately Improve the current passengers' movement habits. Passengers queue management, departure time determination, baggage tracking and lost passenger positioning.

Smart program full accessibility services, many advanced features will appear in the airport, using facial recognition systems, crowdsourcing (ie, companies using the Internet to distribute work, find ideas or solve technical problems) software systems, plus currently widely available The GPS combination technology used in smart devices tracks passengers from a dense population. The food that passengers book online or on their smartphone will be sent to the passengers at the moment they arrive in the waiting room.

"When someone arrives, the sensor will detect the person's profile and inform the facial limb output system to identify it," explains Robin Daniels, Vice President Sales and Marketing of LivingPlanIT. When you arrive at London City Airport, the airport smart device can also identify your phone's registered location through an application that was previously downloaded to your phone, and then provide you with services in your native language.

Similar technology will ensure that each passenger who has booked a taxi in advance will be able to sit on the waiting car immediately after leaving the airport. "The application downloaded on the phone will tell you the correct route and related exits, allowing you to easily find your car." Dennis said.

There is a kind of controversy that makes people "finger"

Even clothes can help you match According to reports, the shopping mall in the airport will also use a combination of camera and sensor to observe the customer's actions, and better understand how the display of goods more attractive to customers. These smart stores can provide tailor-made products to customers based on their previous purchase records.

“What they need to do is to gather large amounts of data and create information to provide a better customer experience.” Joy, the chief analyst of public technology at Ovum, an authoritative neutral consultancy in the telecommunications industry Dignan said, "Perhaps when you walk past the front door of ZARA, someone will say to you, 'We noticed that you wore a short-sleeved shirt last week. Now we have a discounted skirt and it's very good.' ”

Degnan said that some shopping centers have begun to embed sensors on the ground to track people's walking routes, and similar devices are also installed on hangers to analyze which products are selected the most times.

However, some people are concerned about the privacy of this emerging lifestyle model.

"I think when we gradually relied on the 'Internet of Things,' and after all it is not a completely stable technology, the possibility of problems increases," said Evavans, head of infrastructure services at the European Network Security Agency. Says, "I'm not sure it must happen, but we must take measures before this technology becomes commercial." He pointed out that hackers may interfere with sensitive travel information. "They may disrupt a smart facility that will destroy the entire airport's system or make a bar code on the boarding pass, thus allowing you to enter an area that should not have entered." He said that this could happen despite He also admitted that this is an extreme scenario.

Daniels dismisses privacy concerns because passengers can choose whether or not to “sign in.” He believes that technology will eventually allow the airport to have a more advanced security system. “If there is a security risk suddenly, or if someone suddenly appears in a place where he should not go, the relevant department can easily check the daily updated information for further verification,” he said.