Nothing is the same as it used to be seven months before. Starting from the way humans think to the way we work and live, everything has seen an unprecedented evolution in a short period of time. The only reason behind all these changes is the outbreak of a pandemic. 

Covid-19 has made everyone think out of the box and come up with solutions on a quick notice. When people started surfing for rapid answers, the way they got to it was mostly through emerging technologies. The easy remedy seeking has opened door to bring in advanced modification and deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) that could aid various sectors in shaping the new normal even when the world is out of the pandemic. 

According to a report, close to 75% of the electric devices humans own and use can connect to cloud-based services on the internet, which makes it possible to be enabled for IoT. With the help of IoT, communication and interrogation will be simpler on a cloud platform. A research report by Garner Research suggests that around 20 billion people's devices are connected to the internet by 2020. The connected device includes cars, vending machines, jet engines, etc. With more and more emerging in the field of technology and extending its connectivity to the internet, the chances of turning IoT to a new normal is around the corner. 

IoT is used creatively in different ways during the pandemic

Work from home and online classes through IoT: Virtual classroom and office circumstance are a reality now. Students and employees are now connected through this medium. When everything is brought under virtualization, the data is shared and uploaded on user-layer and cloud platform. The IoT has the ability to turn the data inputs into sources using which it can analyse and predict the outcomes. IoT has made remote working, way too similar to the office works. Remote workers have access to all the tools the employees need for professional purpose, at home. The new materialisation of IoT is making remote working easier and helps unravel new technologies. Tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google are extending the employees work from home period as it is compatible. 

Schools and universities are handing out courses through online teaching methods. The academic year has begun with the progress on online classes, virtual learning portal, online exams and connected video lectures and broadcast over the internet. IoT connects the students, parents, teachers under a cloud platform that provides grades, attendance and news. 

Handling health emergencies through IoT: Providing enough healthcare essentials and directions are the important sector to focus during a pandemic. IoT plays a sceptical role between technology and medicine. It fills the gap between demands from the medical sector for resources and provides it during emergencies. 

By using IoT, the medical industry is facilitated to store the health information of thousands of patients under a single cloud sheet. The stored data is used to track symptoms like fever if there is a spike in temperature. Biosensors with the help of IoT are used in the form of wearable to track temperature, blood oxygen level and heart rate. 

Staying away from crowded places and following social distancing is the slogan of the year 2020. It wouldn't have been easy if not for the emergence of live robots. The robotic industry is contributing its best to combat the spread of Covid-19. Health robots are used to distribute masks and dispense sanitizers at public places. They are also used at hospitals to bring food, medicine and water, provide social assistance by connecting the patients with health workers through video chats. 

Production assistance through IoT: Factories and industries are the main contributors to the economy. Pausing the production for a long time because of the lack of workers due to the pandemic is going to pull down the economy further. IoT technology has unravelled ideas and innovations that could needless human assistance and more technology brain. 

The sensor devices connected to AI have the efficiency to detect the errors and bolster safety at the workplace. IoT technology used in factories and industries aids in gathering data, stores it wirelessly and use analytics and machine learning to perform actions.

With all the negative impacts that Covid-19 has put the world through, it has made technologists think for solutions through AI and IoT. The technologies that are unfolded at the time of a pandemic are not going to disappear with the disease. IoT untangled technologies are on a long run to help humans in everyday life and are turning to be a new normal.