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A look inside TUV Rheinland's Internet of Things (IOT) test center in Silicon Valley 
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The semiconductor industry has been able to weather the fallout from the global financial crisis and realize several years of healthy growth—in part because of the widespread adoption of smartphones and tablets, which created demand for mobile and wireless applications. The industry’s average annual growth rate between 2010 and 2013 was about 5 percent. Could the same sort of growth result from widespread adoption of the Internet of Things? Many semiconductor players have been asking themselves just this question. Perhaps one of the earliest and best-known applications of such technology has been in the area of energy optimization: sensors deployed across the electricity grid can help utilities remotely monitor energy usage and adjust generation and distribution flows to account for peak times and downtimes. But applications are also being introduced in a number of other industries. Some insurance companies, for example, now offer plans that require drivers to install a sensor in their cars, allowing insurers to base premiums on actual driving behavior rather than projections. And physicians can use the information collected from wireless sensors in their patients’ homes to improve their management of chronic diseases. Through continuous monitoring rather than periodic testing, physicians could reduce their treatment costs by between 10 and 20 percent, according to McKinsey Global Institute research—billions of dollars could be saved in the care of congestive heart failure alone.... Via Jeff Domansky
Richard Platt's insight:
Well thought through analysis - very relevant if you're in a high tech firm
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
December 22, 2014 10:43 PM
Good overview of Internet of Things trends
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What if our car could talk with the other cars on the road in order to find out when a reckless driver is approaching, so you and your trusty car can get out of the way? Well, with big data technology cars could start doing just that. Via Luca Naso
Richard Platt's insight:
(from the Curator of IoT & Wearables): An example of how Big Data can be useful if analyzed / interpreted and evaluated for improving the customer experience
Luca Naso's curator insight,
November 29, 2013 11:19 AM
Here are five ways how car manufacturers can use the data cars generate to make our cars smarter: 1. Talking Cars 2. Decrease congestion 3. Proactive Maintenance 4. Self-Driving 5. Personalized Experience
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The Internet of Things promises that every object will eventualy be hooked up to a network. And 3D printing promises that any object we can imagine, we can build—on site and on demand. And big data promises we'll know everything there is to know about these networked objects. What happens when you put those innovations together? Via Szabolcs Kósa
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Awesome explosion of 3D Print technology
James Jandebeur's curator insight,
October 4, 2013 1:28 AM
Print-on-Demand taking on Star Trek Replicator overtones. |
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Over the next five years, the number of Internet of Things devices will grow nearly tenfold — from 2.5 billion in 2014, to nearly 24 billion by 2019, according to BI Intelligence estimates. However, one of the biggest barriers currently preventing widespread IoT adoption are security concerns. Business executives, government officials, and consumers are rightly worried that by installing IoT devices within their business, city, or home they are exposing themselves to a hacker who could either use their IoT device in a malicious way and/or steal the data associated with the device.... Via Jeff Domansky
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
April 16, 2015 10:38 AM
IoT devices have many security flaws that will be marketing's biggest challenge in the future.
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
April 16, 2015 6:37 PM
IoT devices have many security flaws that will be marketing's biggest challenge in the future. 
Кирилл Беличенко's curator insight,
November 30, 2022 6:35 AM
Wpływ cyberbezpieczeństwa na produkt końcowy
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The Internet of Things is expected to grow to approximately 75 billion connections by 2020, merging our physical and online worlds. The implications for both consumers and marketers are obvious and far-reaching — as more consumers connect their everyday lives to an increasing number of smart devices, marketers will have the opportunity to not only better understand the lifestyles and habits of their customer, but offer even more personal and intimate contextual experiences than ever before. Via Jeff Domansky
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
December 14, 2014 11:34 PM
The Internet of things will disrupt your business. And so you really need to plan to accommodate it in your business of the future.
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What if robots can make you more productive at work and enjoy more leisure time at home? Find out how the Internet of Things can make this happen. (Computers and robots can solve problems in limited realms. Via TechinBiz
Richard Platt's insight:
Not all that new of a technology, many years ago was using a less sophiticated version of this in college, but perhaps this technology is going to go mainstream. What do you think, is there an application for this in what you do?
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That tsunami of new IoT gadgets? They all have to be tested before they roll out into the world, not only to meet government regulations but to verify adherence to a host of voluntary standards, like WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread and others. That is a lot of testing. And that’s why TUV Rheinland recently opened a huge Silicon Valley test facility in Fremont, Calif. It’s important for testing to be near the design teams, says TUV Rheinland’s Sarb Shelopal, the company’s global director of wireless and IoT testing. Distance, he says—and Silicon Valley’s traffic—is a big deal when companies are trying to move fast. “Typically at the testing point,” says Shelopal, “a product team typically involves eight to ten people, but could be as big as 100, including safety engineers, software engineers, and hardware engineers. And when a product isn’t passing, we need to get them all in, and they will change this piece of hardware or this bit of software.” Many of the tweaks, he said, can be made on site, with companies only having to go “back to the drawing board if they have a huge flaw in their design.”