The advent of the internet a few decades ago really revolutionized the way the world works so fast. A new era is on the verge pintu, i.e. era Internet of Things (IoT). According to Gartner Research Firm, connected smart devices are predicted to reach 20 billion devices worldwide by 2020. The use of IoT is expected to be even more massive, because IoT does not only talk about devices that become “smart”, but also scanners and communication between machines.

We all must know the figure of Tony Stark (Iron Man) in the movie Avengers. Tony Stark with his advanced technology is able to make Jarvis (an artificial personal assistant) that can be commanded only by voice, such as turning on and off lights, turning on electronic devices such as TV, air conditioning, and so on to recognize guests and open them. pintu. Interesting right?

You must be thinking, how can you make a smart device like Jarvis? It's just a movie. So it is impossible to make such a smart device. The interesting news, Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2016 has been able to make a smart home like Jarvis in the movie Iron Man, which can be commanded only by voice.

Then, can you make a smart device like Jarvis? As a beginner, you can explore the world of IoT. Especially with the availability of a place for you to learn and develop your smart devices such as master. In Makestro, you will gain knowledge to tutorials on how to develop smart devices that are simple and can be done by anyone.

Here are some of the smart device projects on Makestro.

1. Debeduct

Debeduct is one of Makestro's projects. In order to welcome Eid Al-Fitr 1438 H ago, Makestro made a project takbiran drum. Through this Debeduk, you don't need to bother hitting it because Debeduks will automatically produce a sound like a takbiran drum. You can also do project this at home by following the tutorial available on master.

2. Capacitive MIDI Controller

Those of you who like music are definitely familiar with the term MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Capacitive MIDI Controllers is a project capable of managing MIDI that utilizes Wi-Fi as its communication line. You can see the tutorial on making Capacitive MIDI Controller at master.

3. Connecting Your Amazon Echo to ESPectro

Through Connecting your Amazon Echo to ESPectro, you will connect the Amazon Echo, a device from Amazon that can perform any command, with voice commands with ESPectro. How to? Let's see the tutorial at master.

4. PatientCare

PatientCare is an IoT-based system to monitor the condition of patients being treated. Through PatientCare, you can provide monitoring of patient conditions using a set of sensors and generate data analysis related to patient conditions. You can watch the tutorial at master.

The application of IoT technology is still widely open in Indonesia because the examples of IoT applications above are only a small part of what IoT can do. To discover a variety of other IoT innovations, local IoT driver Makestro in collaboration with MyIoTC Malaysia and the Ministry of Communication and Information held a series of events “Republic of IoT 2017 (RIoT 2017). "

Carrying the tagline “Augment Nation Make Solution”, RIoT has the goal of opening access to technology in the IoT field for everyone, becoming a forum for moving the IoT ecosystem in Indonesia through a community movement, and increasing knowledge and awareness of the general public about the existence of solutive IoT technology.

RIoT is divided into two sub-events, namely the RIoT Seminar which was held on 23–25 August 2017 and the RIoT Hackathon which was held on 26–27 August 2017. The RIoT Hackathon is opened for IoT activists who want to realize IoT projects that can be solutions from the category which is offered. The general public or investors who are interested in exploring the IoT field or just curious about the current state of the IoT industry can join the RIoT Seminar.

The RIoT event will be divided into 14 topics, namely agriculture, defense and security, transportation, nature, health, education, smart city,smart living, sports, maritime, ecommitment, accessibility, fintech and E-commerce, as well as industry.

The 14 topics are general mapping issues that often exist in Indonesia and it is time for us to make a real contribution to support Indonesia to be cooler through IoT technology. Make Indonesia Cool? Be Cool Makers!

More information about RIoT is available at www.r-iot.id.

- Disclosure: DailySocial is a media partner of Republic of IoT 2017.