& SMART DEVICES ARE becoming ubiquitous and increasing rapidly in number and applications. The growing popularity of smart devices indicates that the Internet of Things (IoT) technology is becoming more and more prominent in our everyday life. The IoT market was valued at $190 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2026. Widely available products include digital assistants, smart home security systems, remote educational labs, wearable medical devices, and industrial IoT devices and systems. According to Gartner Research, there were 8.4 billion connected things in 2017, setting the stage for 20.4 billion IoT devices to be deployed by 2020, and 500 billion IoT devices in 2030. IoT-enabled devices were developed to make everyday life easier and more efficient, allowing individuals to spend more time doing what makes them happy, and linking these to social networks offers many exciting possibilities for increasing the well-being and happiness of individual. For example, a wearable device such as Google glass can seamlessly link a surgeon to the medical data of a patient without turning her head away from the surgery. Advancements like this were developed to make everyday life/work easier and more efficient. Theoretically, this efficiency could allow individuals to spend more time doing what makes them happy. Yet, with the numerous means of connection, it seems like individuals feel more isolated than ever. Despite IoT’s potential, today’s generation does not appear to be happier than previous generations that did not have widespread access to today’s technologies. Whether we like it or not, the IoT is becoming completely integrated into our lives. In major cities all around the world, IoT technology interacts with social components to improve the efficiency of city services such as optimizing the use of energy, improving traffic flow, and providing real-time information about the public transportation network. These smart cities incorporate systems that provide timely services in monitoring and addressing mobility needs such as public and private transportation Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MITP.2019.2949944

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生活、物联网和对幸福的追求

& 智能设备正变得无处不在，并且在数量和应用上迅速增加。智能设备的日益普及表明，物联网 (IoT) 技术在我们的日常生活中变得越来越重要。物联网市场在 2018 年价值 1900 亿美元，预计到 2026 年将达到 1.1 万亿美元。广泛可用的产品包括数字助理、智能家居安全系统、远程教育实验室、可穿戴医疗设备以及工业物联网设备和系统。根据 Gartner Research 的数据，2017 年有 84 亿个联网设备，为到 2020 年部署 204 亿台物联网设备和到 2030 年部署 5000 亿台物联网设备奠定了基础。开发支持物联网的设备是为了让日常生活更轻松、更高效，允许个人花更多时间做让他们快乐的事情，并将这些与社交网络联系起来，为增加个人的幸福感和幸福感提供了许多令人兴奋的可能性。例如，诸如谷歌眼镜之类的可穿戴设备可以将外科医生与患者的医疗数据无缝链接，而无需将她的头从手术中移开。开发这样的进步是为了让日常生活/工作更轻松、更高效。从理论上讲，这种效率可以让个人花更多的时间做让他们快乐的事情。然而，通过众多的联系方式，个人似乎比以往任何时候都更加孤立。尽管物联网具有潜力，但今天的一代似乎并不比没有广泛使用当今技术的前几代人更快乐。不管我们喜欢与否，物联网正在完全融入我们的生活。在世界各地的主要城市，物联网技术与社会组件互动，以提高城市服务的效率，例如优化能源使用、改善交通流量以及提供有关公共交通网络的实时信息。这些智慧城市包含提供及时服务以监控和解决移动需求的系统，例如公共和私人交通数字对象标识符 10.1109/MITP.2019.2949944