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handle increased data volume, support firmware updates, and integrate new features seamlessly without
compromising performance or usability.

6 Reliability and Fault Tolerance: Embedded systems in critical IoT applications such as healthcare,
transportation, or industrial automation need to be highly reliable and fault-tolerant. Developers need to
implement mechanisms for error detection, recovery, and fault tolerance to ensure continuous operation,
minimize downtime, and prevent system failures that could have potentially serious consequences.
7 Testing and Validation: Testing embedded systems in IoT devices can be challenging due to the complexity
and interconnected nature of these systems. Developers need to design comprehensive testing strategies that
cover functional testing, performance testing, security testing, and interoperability testing. Rigorous testing
and validation processes are crucial to ensure the resilience and reliability of embedded systems in real-world
IoT environments.

Future Scope of IoT
Internet of Things has emerged as a leading technology around the world. It has gained a lot of popularity in lesser
time. Also, the advancements in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have made the automation of IoT
devices easy. Basically, AI and ML programs are combined with IoT devices to give them proper automation. Due
to this, IoT has also expanded its area of application in various sectors. Here, in this section, we will discuss the
applications and the future scope of IoT in healthcare, automotive, and agriculture industries.
Healthcare

In this section, we will see the future of IoT in healthcare sector. IoT has proved to be one of the best tools for the
healthcare industry. It helps provide advanced healthcare facilities to patients, doctors, and researchers. These
facilities include smart diagnosis, wearable devices for tracking health, patient management, and many more.
Furthermore, IoT devices have reduced unnecessary strain on the healthcare system.
The healthcare devices can directly send the patients’ data health to doctors over a safe network. This allows the
doctors to diagnose the patients from remote locations.

Reasons for IoT being beneficial in the healthcare industry are as follows:

1 Error reduction in treatments
With the help of IoT devices, there is a decrease in manual errors in diagnosing patients. Thus, patients can get
proper treatment on time. Also, the 24/7 diagnosis through gadgets gives a more clear idea about patients’ health
when compared to manual diagnosis.
2 Decrease in the cost of treatments
Manual diagnosis requires time and the use of various types of costly equipment, along with other hospital
charges. Due to this, the overall cost of the treatment increases. We can reduce these costs by using IoT gadgets.
Also, the hospital charges and congestion in hospitals can be reduced as patients can be diagnosed from their
respective locations.

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