Tag: IoT

Disruptive Potential of IoT in Healthcare

Overview The healthcare industry in the United States is a prime target for disruption due to its enormous size and projections of its continued growth:   The country spent $3.4 trillion on health care in 2016, a number that is projected to grow to $5.5 trillion by 2025. The study, by the Centers for Medicare… Read more Disruptive Potential of IoT in Healthcare

Challenges and issues raised by the IoT

The Internet of things is a buzz word which has been written about extensively. One could, however, define IoT as follows: “A network of Internet-connected objects able to collect and exchange data using embedded sensors” [1]. Its possible impact is global. It could affect countless industries (defence, agriculture, healthcare, connected home…) and devices (thermostats, kitchens,… Read more Challenges and issues raised by the IoT

The Internet of Battlefield Things

At this point, it feels like every industry is attempting to coin their own Internet of Things (IoT) spinoff to address the unique challenges they face: the Internet of Aircraft Things, the Internet of Space Things, and the Internet of Mining Things among others. The U.S Army, which recognized the potential impacts of IoT on… Read more The Internet of Battlefield Things

10,000 Steps to IoT in Health Care

I see many people on campus with electronic wristbands from Fitbit, Polar, Samsung, Garmin, the Apple Watch, or something similar. A commonly held  goal for people with such a fitness gadget is to get the step count over 10,000 daily. But these electronic wristbands have multiple functions other than just being a step counter. The… Read more 10,000 Steps to IoT in Health Care

4 billion people offline living on the 4th industrial revolution

More than 51 percent of the world’s population remains offline. Without removing the impediments to Internet adoption, little will change—and more than 4 billion people may be left behind. (http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/offline-and-falling-behind-barriers-to-internet-adoption). The Internet has grown in a little more than a generation into a tool that is transforming how businesses, governments and people communicate. The economic… Read more 4 billion people offline living on the 4th industrial revolution

IoTA: Internet of Things [for] Aerospace

Nick Colsey (VP of Business Development @ Sony Electronics), JB Straubel (co-founder of Tesla), and John Donovan (Group President @ AT&T) discussed how the Internet of Things (IoT) applies to each of their fields. When most people think of the acronym “IoT”, they tend to think of concepts related to the topics discussed by the… Read more IoTA: Internet of Things [for] Aerospace

5G is the secret sauce to enable IoT

“Cooling out, cooling out, waiting for my lady / Got the special sauce that’s why she’s my baby” – G. Love & Special Sauce, Baby’s Got Sauce John Donovan spoke at length about the promise of 5G wireless and the implications for IoT, with implementation by AT&T begining as early as 2019. The technology is… Read more 5G is the secret sauce to enable IoT

Internet of Things (IoT): Visual Application Development for Education

Introduction According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2016), there are approximately 50.4 million students will attend public elementary and secondary schools as of Fall 2016, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. That’s a slight increase from the 50.3 million who attended in Fall 2015. As of 2015, 73% of all U.S.… Read more Internet of Things (IoT): Visual Application Development for Education

What have been the leading investing trends in IT since 2000?

It is intriguing to see how throughout time we can identify some trends and patterns in the investments driven by Venture Capitalists, may it be in the form that they take or the sector that they are directed to. We hear everyday about Buzzwords such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data or about this new ‘exploding sector’ of… Read more What have been the leading investing trends in IT since 2000?

Fog Computing: Extending the Cloud?

In the past ten years, the usage of cloud-based systems to build applications and store data has exploded.  As Dr. Jeff Welser of IBM discussed in his presentation on 7 July 2017, the amount of computer power at the edge of the internet exceeds that of all the computers in all the world’s data centers.… Read more Fog Computing: Extending the Cloud?