I0TiO - Jayant sharma [above logo from Watch_Dogs ]
Published: 2020-12-20 15:14:59

# I0TiO
> Making Smart Homes Smarter...

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#### Note to the faculty evaluating this blogpost:
Due to privacy reasons, and with the instructions of Deepak Sir, I am writing just the abstract of my idea as I do not feel comfortable sharing all the research I've done publicly on the internet. For complete assignment refer to the pdf document submitted along with the shortcut to this blog.

Since I can't write what I wrote in that pdf here, so I will post here what I could not write in the pdf document

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# About the Product - An Overview
Existing smart homes have products, to make lives of people much easier. All your smart homes are connected to your Wi-Fi, all controlled by a central hub that could be your mobile phone, or your computer.
But, all those devices, in your entire home are listed together, either alphabetically or from last used, but not by relevance of your location.


_I0TiO_ [Pronounced: _aai-oh-teeo_] aims to change that, by finding IoT devices nearyour physical location and making your existing home appliances smart, controllable from your phone.

This idea is inspired from the video game — ![Watch_Dogs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Watch_Dogs.svg/500px-Watch_Dogs.svg.png)
— where all the electronic devices in the world are accessible and controllable through your smartphone based on your physical location to them. 
So, I thought this relevancy based on you and the IoT device’s location could really boost the user experience

**In other words, making video game dreams come to life!** 🤩

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# A "virtual" representation of how it works in game
Since I can't post the actual contents of the assignment in this blog (those contents are in the pdf file), I can show what I had in mind when I say _I0TiO_ shows IoT devices based on your location to them:
### 1. ~~Camera Hacking~~  Locating nearby cameras and accessing them
![Locating Nearby cameras in Watch_Dogs](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/pofnwh0s24jqcsqvh6yv.gif)
If you try to follow along with the gif you'll see that the character was able to identify the security camera in his proximity through his mobile phone. And when the player selects that security camera from the suggestion we got, the game's view transfers from the character view to what the security camera is seeing

### 2. Remotely Opening/Closing an IoT enabled gate
![Opening and Closing an IoT-enabled gate from your smartphone](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/hhmr100n452wvg8awpdy.gif)
Looking here you see that when the mobile phone comes within the proximity of that gate, the player can open/close the gate. 


Now before you go and say "bu—bu—but that's illegal" ![meme for blog](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/w52xo0d2rc1b05ibkoqw.png)
I want to clarify that yes the stuff they show in the game is "unethical" but I present it to you as just a proof-of-concept of what _I0TiO_ aims to achieve in reality by taking a page from this game <3

And also, I've shown here only the crux of what i meant by identifying smart devices near your location, but this could be more beneficial by converting it into the thing I mentioned in my pdf submissions

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## Where could this be implemented?
For now, the only place I think this could be useful is smart homes where proximity device location could be useful to give more convenience to users who already have convenience with their smart products.

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Credits to the source of these clips to the Youtube Video: [_Watch Dogs ★ All Hacks / Hacking Skills Showcase 【1080p HD】_ By _Yic17 Studio_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjQzwddA2PM)