THE LIGHTING industry is still getting to grips with the Internet of Things. But it’s the future – and the upcoming LuxLive exhibition in London on Wednesday 15 November and Thursday 16 November will be full of buzzwords such as ‘full stack’, ‘firmware’ and ‘firewall’.
To help you slice your way through the jargon jungle, we’ve put this handy guide together to help you understand what people REALLY mean…
We’re moving beyond illumination
We’ve heard about the ‘IoT’
We’re very excited about the Internet of Things
We know what it stands for
We’ve just hired an amazing 18-year-old programmer
Someone in our company knows what it is
We’re learning with our customers about this technology
Our first IoT projects aren’t working
It’s got the latest firmware updates
I didn’t know what firmware was a week ago
All the data gets uploaded to the cloud
We have no idea what happens to people’s IP addresses
It’s got full stack mesh networking
I don’t know what I’m talking about but I suspect I know more than you
We are making our API available so you can develop some great apps
Just nod and pretend you know what I’m talking about
Space utilisation will be an early application
I heard this on a presentation. Your office cleaner can view hot spotting in real time…oh never mind
It’s got full connectivity
You can dim it
Smart cities
You can dim this street light using the internet
This is a dynamic human centric circadian rhythm lighting system
We can dim between warm and cool white
We’ve integrated the light within architecture
We used LED tape
Golden tail
We still sell the old stuff
Fully automatic
No one knows if it’s working
Available next quarter
It doesn’t exist
I’ll get back to you on that
Please leave
- Practice your full-stack jargon at LuxLive 2017,
which takes place at ExCeL London on Wednesday 17 November and Thursday 18 November 2017. Entry is free if you pre-register HERE. - Submit YOUR jargon in our comments box, below…
