IoT Innovations and Forensic Engineering in the Digital Age

Abstract

Internet-of-Things (IoT) innovations produce interesting opportunities, impact ethical and social aspects toward human society, and influence operational and technical solutions toward the structural systems. This article discusses the impact of some relevant characteristics of the IoT innovations. Significant debated aspects are the product discontinuity in the global market, their durability, the upcoming “social” virtual systems, new “socialized” equipment, the promotion of electrical microsystems, the human competence in the digital age, the safety, operability, and security of IoT. These innovations require an advancement of the technical culture and open new frontiers for electroforensic engineering. In the next future, forensic engineering can promote an international reference organization as a mediator between social, technical, and regulatory aspects. Innovations and efficient sustainability need adequate global regulatory changes to favor the spreading of advantages, with more cert success if old businesses are transferred into new businesses.