Aggregating data from your things

- And finally, the last thing we're gonna look at…regarding managing your things,…is aggregating data from your things.…This is often called "Business Intelligence," aka BI.…This involves basically trying to establish meaning…based on the data that's coming from your things.…One example of that is something you might do on a device.…I mentioned before the concept of an accelerometer…and how it generates tons and tons of data.…When we were looking at the TI SensorTag,…you saw the accelerometer data…move wildly around as I moved the device in my hand.…

When you're implementing an accelerometer…in a device, you may only want to care…about specific kinds of changes,…or specific rates of change.…For example, the Lumo Lift cares…about changes only in a particular direction…to see if you're slouching,…whether you're moving forward or back.…If you're sitting up straight and you move to the side,…it doesn't consider that a slouch…because you're actually in the same plane…that you were before.…So, the key with this is to try to figure out…