Spotlight: Smart City
Smart City Era Promises Big Improvement for Urban Ecosystems - Connected technology is ushering in a new era of “Smart Cities”, which promises to improve the quality of life for billions of people around the world. Smart cities — which are using technology to make urban areas safer, more efficient, and more livable — represent the transformative power of the Internet of Things. Now, as...
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Three Ways to Set the Stage for Incredible Connected Experiences in the Smart Home - In the connected home market, technology companies and service providers know that complacency leads to obsolescence. For consumers to put out the welcome mat for new products and services, they’re looking for something that not only meets their...
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Visualize the Future with Digital Signage - Digital Signs create a more personalized experience Businesses intent on galvanizing customers to patronize physical stores are faced with the challenge of how best to understand their customers, strengthen their brand identity, increase efficiency, boost revenue, and reduce costs. One of the tools for overcoming these challenges is digital signage. Today, smart signs and interactive...
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A Faster, Simpler Path to AI-Enabled Robotics: The UP Squared RoboMaker Developer Kit, Powered by Intel and AWS
- The pace of innovation is quickening across all industries, including manufacturing and the intelligent factories of Industry 4.0. Unlocking the value of data via machine learning is propelling us into this next phase, and innovations in industrial IoT devices are helping manufacturers continually enhance operational efficiency. Robotics already play a central role in this new...
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A Breath of Fresh Air: How GE Healthcare* is Accelerating Pneumothorax Detection with AI
- Medical imaging data contains the power to save lives. Every tiny sliver of an image potentially holds the key to hugely important breakthroughs in treatment. And this year alone, hospitals produced over 50 petabytes of data, with images making up over 90% of that!¹ That’s a treasure trove of information. But without a simple, efficient...
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Cracking the QSR Code: Intel and Fingermark* Help Empower Restaurants and Their Customers
- In the ultra-competitive quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry, profit margins are often perilously thin, meaning margin for error is virtually nonexistent. Even for multinational brands operating on a huge scale, everything matters and the smallest inefficiencies can quickly snowball. With partners like Fingermark* and other world leaders in digital transformation, Intel is helping QSRs minimize these...
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Computer Vision Paves the Way for Retail Vision 2020
- Enhanced customer experiences, more accurate supply chains—all made possible with computer vision and AI As we go into a new decade, savvy and visionary retailers will find new ways to bring new levels of efficiency and customer engagement to every touchpoint in the retail experience. They’ll achieve this through artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and other...
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Get Ready for the Next Generation of Hyperconvenient Self-Service Kiosks
- From remote management to AI that puts an end to the “banana trick,” the latest capabilities make self-service kiosks incredibly convenient and deliver new experiences at stores, restaurants, banks, and more. Self-service kiosks have made it possible for retailers and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) to cater to more customers with less hands-on help from employees. They’ve...
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Everything in Sight: Intel and Shanghai DeepSight* Power Smart Manufacturing Success
- Manufacturing success comes from greater visibility and deeper understanding of every part of the process, no matter how small. For many companies, innovations like computer vision, data analytics, and robotics systems have become integral to factory operations, creating new efficiencies that are disrupting existing value chains. Small, focused improvements are driving business transformation at an...
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Intel Powers New Smart Grid Initiative for Substations in Europe
- Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest electricity utilities by market capitalization, joined forces with Intel and six industry major players, Ariadna Grid, Circutor, Landis+Gyr, Merytronic, Nebbiolo Technologies and ZIV Automation, to create a new intelligent, open standard for secondary substations that promises to be a game-changer for the rapidly evolving global energy sector. Today’s energy...
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Getting Started with AI for Computer Vision
- Computer vision and AI technologies – and video analytics specifically – are not new to enterprises. For many years businesses have heard that computer vision will be ‘the next big thing’. This hype, along with the technical challenges of implementing vision, means many remain understandably skeptical about the value of making an investment. This is...
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Intel IoT Unified Edge Framework Provides Georgia Pacific with a Robust Solution for Production Automation
- With the rise of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things, the integration of operational technology (OT) systems with informational technology (IT) systems is becoming a necessity. Increasingly, IT systems are being combined with OT systems to monitor devices, assets, processes, and events while making adjustments in industrial operations. As this transition continues, enterprises...
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How Three IoT Innovators are Helping Mitigate Lost Retail Revenue
- As consumers’ retail experience expectations continue to rise, the importance of product availability and placement also grows. Out of stock, overstock, product placement non-compliance, and discrepancies between invoiced inventory and actual inventory (shrinkage) all contribute heavily to the $1.1 trillion in lost revenue for retailers globally — and the damage to customer loyalty and brand...
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