Fog computing is a system-level horizontal architecture that distributes resources and services of computing, storage, control and networking anywhere along the continuum from Cloud to Things. It is a:
Horizontal architecture: Support multiple industry verticals and application domains, delivering intelligence and services to users and business
Cloud-to-Thing continuum of services: Enable services and applications to be distributed closer to Things, and anywhere along the continuum between Cloud and Things
System-level: Extend from the Things, over the network edges, through the Cloud, and across multiple protocol layers – not just radio systems, not just a specific protocol layer, not just at one part of an end-to-end system, but a system spanning between the Things and the Cloud
London creative agency Work Club developed the RFID enhanced SmartCap for Strongbow Gold Cider. The SmartCap is an interactive bottle cap that initiates an event whenever a new bottle of Strongbow Gold Cider is cracked open in the bar. RFID readers are installed throughout the bar, so when a the limited edition bottles are opened, the RFID chip on the inside of the cap triggers an event. The events range from Foursquare check-ins to confetti cannons.
