Spotlight: Smart City
Building the Best Autonomous Brain - When I’m bumper-to-bumper in a sea of exhaust fumes and distracted drivers, it seems like autonomous driving can’t get here fast enough. Nor can the potential rewards that come along with fully autonomous vehicles, like far fewer accidents and mobility for people who struggle to get around on their own. To do my part, I’m...
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Industrial Internet Creating Transformational Business Value - This is the second in a two-part blog series on trends in next-generation digital efficiency. In part one, I wrote about how commercial fleet vehicle management systems can drive efficiency while reducing CO2 emissions. To learn more, check out the eBook we created in partnership with GE Ecomagination titled “Digital Efficiency: Driving Decarbonization and Unlocking...
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Commercial Fleet Vehicle Management System Drives Efficiency, CO2 Reductions - This is the first in a two-part blog series on trends in next-generation digital efficiency. To learn more, check out the eBook we created in partnership with GE Ecomagination titled, “Digital Efficiency: Driving Decarbonization and Unlocking Business Value Across Industries.” Looking out across the vast Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, we’re seeing the emergence of...
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Smart Speakers with Screens Are Next Evolution of Smart Homes
- Amazon’s Next-Gen Echo Show Adds More Intelligence to the Smart Home The evolution of smart home technologies—particularly from smart speakers to smart speakers with screens—is in hyperdrive. In 2015, Amazon introduced the Amazon* Echo smart speaker, the bestselling voice-first personal assistant that has already transformed millions...
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Vision, Data and AI: Connecting the Factory of the Future
- Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things are helping companies make the factory of the future a reality by harnessing the power of machine vision, connected devices, and real-time insights. Designing and implementing smart factories requires the ability for manufacturers to optimize production while, at the same time, understanding how and where human workers are...
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Data Drives Design – Conversations in IoT Architectural Design
- In 2015, there were 15.41 billion connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices around the world. By 2020, just two years from now, that number will nearly double to 30.73 billion.1 Manufacturing, healthcare, and insurance are the top three industries that have the most to gain from IoT.2 Dealing with the data from these devices has...
read moreSmart 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...
read moreOpenVINO™ Toolkit Accelerates CV Development across Intel® Platforms
- The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growth business that is creating data-driven innovation opportunities for companies and developers worldwide. One of the driving factors behind the rapid growth in the global IoT market is the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology by businesses seeking greater insight, as demonstrated by a dramatic increase in computer...
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Driving Readmissions Down and Care Value Up
- Hospital admissions are costly enough without the added burden of readmission. This readmission cycle is costly not only to the patient, but also to hospitals themselves. According to research from the Kaiser Family Foundation, total Medicare penalties assessed on hospitals for readmissions was $528 million in 20171 With the Affordable Care Act mandating these penalties...
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Taking Remote Care to the Next Level
- The science is there: Remote care can drop post-discharge chronic heart failure deaths by up to 50 . And it can cut U.S. employer healthcare costs by as much as $6 billion annually2. Offering substantial improvements in patient care and extensive cost savings, remote care delivery should already be ubiquitous. But it’s not. While remote...
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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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A Foot in Each Canoe! Remote Care Can Help Health Systems Find Their Balance
- Providers are trying to navigate the troubled waters of healthcare with what Care Innovations COO Marcus Grindstaff memorably described as, “a foot in each canoe”. In one canoe rides the lion’s share of their patient population for whom care is paid for in the legacy ‘fee-for-service’ model. In the other new, and unpredictable, ‘value-based’ canoe,...
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ASUS Blue Cave: Why a Router Needs Both Brains and Beauty
- At home, my family has designated me their de facto IT help desk. One of my biggest pain points? Slow Wi-Fi. Between my sons’ YouTube streaming, my wife’s Web browsing and my online meetings, we can put a lot of strain on our local network and router. That’s why I was eager to talk to...
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