Tag: smart cities

• New Long-Term Support Release Marks Second Anniversary of Intel Distribution of OpenVINO Toolkit We’re coming up on the second anniversary of Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit, which makes this the perfect time to look at the past, present, and future of the toolkit that’s helping companies worldwide accelerate the performance of their AI and computer vision applications. First, a little about the past: Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit started as a computer vision...
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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 production and consumption ecosystem is...
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• AI Evolves from Prototype to Production in New Age of Democratization When Thomas Edison and his colleagues formed General Electric in 1892, they began harnessing the power of electricity to transform everything from lighting and transportation to manufacturing and medical equipment. Today, as we discussed during the re:MARS conference in Las Vegas this week, GE Healthcare, Intel, and a number of other ecosystem partners are at the forefront of a new...
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• 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors bring powerful Deep Learning capabilities to transform your business with A.I. From enabling security throughout a city, to the rapid identification and classification of complex medical imaging data, Intel is accelerating the value of IoT. As the billions of connected things generate massive data at ever-increasing rates, the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI are converging to create a pivotal transition — with more data being processed and analyzed at the...
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• 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 the new 5G wireless standard...
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• The Path to the Enlightened City: Smart Streetlamps For a glimpse of the future, look at the cities of today. The vast majority of economic activity, innovation, and energy consumption already happens in urban areas, leading 77 million people to relocate from rural to urban areas every year. The number of megacities (containing more than 10 million people) has doubled over the past two decades, with the developing...
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• Why Cities Need to “Get Smart” About Pollution When we think about protecting the environment, we often think of faraway issues like melting ice caps or dwindling rainforests. The reality, however, is much closer to home. The World Health Organization estimates that 92 percent of the world’s population doesn’t have access to clean air. This is more than a health problem. The World Bank estimates that in 2013...
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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 the world — one that...
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• Smart Building Trends for 2017 Note: This blog post originally appeared on AutomatedBuildings.com. Smart city tech deployments are expected to increase in the next year and of them significantly; the biggest one will be commercial-smart buildings. Connected building solutions, whether it’s environmental controls, communications interfaces, video surveillance, or energy conservation, can deliver cost savings and efficiency gains when building automation can be achieved. With impending...
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• The Future Looks Bright: GE & Intel Ignite Industrial Internet Innovation Like many people in Silicon Valley, I am passionate about the application of technology toward the environment, human productivity, healthcare and safety. Before arriving at Intel, I spent time at General Electric as the chief operating officer for GE Digital and have enjoyed continuing the collaboration that we began years ago. During my discussion on stage with GE Chief Digital...
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