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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Use Technology Wisely to Reduce Friction for Your Customers
- If you’re a retailer thinking about how to best use technologies such as AI, computer vision, and analytics, I encourage you to pause for moment to consider something else first: friction. Today’s consumers want you to make their shopping experience easy. Why walk to the far corner of a grocery store for a gallon of...
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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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Rewriting the Social Contract for Aging
- Imagine you had a magic wand, and with a quick flip you cast America with an aging “social contract.” One in which few go to college and most would retire by age 65. Many of whom stay withdrawn and dependent until their passing. Would you be shocked that nobody noticed? Many Americans and hundreds of...
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Retailer Resolutions for 2018
- The numbers are in and the results are clear. Retailers enjoyed a very good holiday season. Not only was U.S. retail spending up 4.9 percent over the previous year, but a new tax law promises to leave both businesses and many consumers with more money to spend in 2018. The critical question for retailers now...
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How Rogue Ales Makes a Great Beer from Wet Hops, Clean Water and Innovation
- The challenge is local and global. The world has a major perishables problem. A full 30 percent of all perishable produce and products never make it all the way from the farm to the table. For Rogue Ales in Newport, Ore., that means that some of their hops can't be used in the best way...
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Energy Industry Technology Trends for 2018
- Unlike any other time, technology is having a tremendous impact on the energy industry. Some of the major trends are in areas we’re familiar with, yet the level of activity has increased dramatically. We see energy providers increasingly turning to information and communications technology to modernize the grid and improve situational awareness, with the goal...
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Smart Building Technology Trends for 2018
- In 2018, smart building technologies that increase energy efficiency will continue to be at the top of the list for building managers and tenants. These technologies can generate a solid ROI by lowering utility bills, making the investment easier to justify. In addition to energy management, there is growing demand for solutions to address new...
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Disruption at the Edge: IoT Transforming Energy Grids
- Digital disruption is here to stay. Much like the electronic revolution that led to PCs, mobile phones and smart devices, energy grids are on the verge of a major change. Consider the network of power plants, utilities and power lines comprising energy grids, for a moment. What you effectively have is the largest machine in...
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IoT-Driven Manufacturing Trends to Look for in 2018
- With Internet of Things (IoT) technology spending forecast to reach $772.5 billion this year — an increase of 15 percent over 2017 — the world’s top manufacturers are set to shift into exhilarating overdrive down the path to AI-driven and IoT-enabled automation. So where will 2018 take us on this journey? First and foremost, the...
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Five Brilliant Innovations from CES for the Smart and Connected Home
- At CES 2018, the smart home is leveling up. It’s no longer enough to simply connect more devices. Those connections must be fast, reliable and secure. Personal assistants are growing in popularity, bringing more intelligence to the home and adding more advanced capabilities, as proven by the broad range of innovative new devices coming to...
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