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Industry 4.0: Transforming People, Processes, Technologies and Organizations Industry 4.0 is here, and it promises to transform manufacturing operations with autonomous machines that are self-monitoring, organize their own maintenance, and link directly into scheduling and logistics systems -- without human intervention. Customized products will be built on highly flexible production floors that are no longer tethered to a fixed flow conveyer belt. These customized production operations will link...
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Retailers Get Big Sales Bump by Investing in RFID Technology Overhead and handheld radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is transforming brick-and-mortar retail. Today, as cited by the 2016 RFID in Retail Study, offered by Kurt Salmon, nearly 73 percent of all retailers are implementing RFID to track their inventory.1 The benefit is clear: As consumer shopping behaviors and expectations have shifted dramatically in the digital age, customers now expect to find...
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The Intelligent Factory Transformation Is a Journey, Not a Destination As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus observed, about 2500 years ago: the only constant in life is change. These days, when we envision the transformation to intelligent factories of the future, human-powered technology is driving that change. Digital transformation on the factory floor is debunking a long-held fallacy that technology enables change and humans hinder it. The reality is that the...
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AI and Automation Are Transforming Digital Out of Home Advertising Technology Improves Addressability, Accountability, and Attribution The convergence of machine vision and AI technology is solving what have historically been the Digital Out of Home (DOOH) industry’s biggest pain points: addressability, accountability and attribution. The future of DOOH media will be predicated on our ability to help brands reach their target audiences. Today, thanks to IoT connectivity and AI, impressions...
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Iot in Logistics: Advanced Shipment Monitoring With the Intel® Connected Logistics Platform Join me in the Intel Booth at the IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona from October 16-18th, 2018, for a demo of the Intel® Connected Logistics Platform. At the booth, you will be able to speak with industry experts that can help you kick-off your business’s logistics transformation. From lowering cost by enabling automation to saving lives by connecting people,...
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Get the technology answers you need at the 4th Annual Intel Federal Summit Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Unprecedented insight generated at the edge and in the data center. Hardened, comprehensive end-to-end security. These are just a few of the technology possibilities and requirements driving public sector transformation forward. At Intel, we’re focused on accelerating innovation and insight, with secure edge-to-cloud solutions, throughout the public sector. How are we doing this?...
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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 of homes. Today, one in six Americans owns a smart speaker, up 128%...
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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 become one of IT’s and...
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