A simple explanation is that the Internet of Things is the interworking of devices, vehicles, buildings and other diverse items that are connected remotely for data exchange and analysis. By Mary Scott Nabers The Internet of Things (IoT) is alive and well in cities from Dallas, Texas, to Leeds, England. Singapore is said to be one of the very […]
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It wasn’t just the presidential election and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s tirades on Twitter that topped trend lists in 2016. Real-time audience data company Taykey found that beyond politics, developments in the auto, tech, entertainment, and sports sectors dominated real-time trending topics. Taykey, which analyzes hundreds of millions of data points daily to help brands
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If commanding the lights and heating in your home remotely by voice sounds very convenient, there are a lot of things that could go wrong with such a system. You probably noticed that everyday items are suddenly turning ‘smart’ – watches, TV sets and even clothes now come with built-in microprocessors that enable them to
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The Internet of Things involves billions of connected objects and that number continues to be projected up. Last year, the five-year projection for the number of connected devices globally was 39 billion. That forecast, by Juniper Research, pegged the IoT opportunity in revenue and cost savings at $300 billion. Around the same time, IC Insights
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By Katy Garcia | [email protected] Published 12/19 2016 07:55PM Updated 12/20 2016 09:34AM Copyright 2016 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Depending on when you’re reading this there’s still time to order something online and have it delivered by Christmas Eve. Technology is once again
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After a hack attack blindsided major websites around the world this year, companies are exploring ways to better protect valuable data from connected devices. Data transmitted by your smart thermostat may seem harmless — but a cooler temperature could signal a house that’s empty and ripe for robbery, Allen Proithis, president of Sigfox North America,
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From El Camino College: El Camino College student Johnson Chou thinks the world of home gardening could use a high-tech upgrade. Johnson spent this past summer working on a wireless system capable of using sensors to monitor soil moisture, humidity, temperature, light intensity and air quality and improve the health of a plant. Johnson’s research
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At the beginning of the year, Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said that one of his goals for 2016 would be to develop a general purpose AI that could run his life “kind of like Jarvis in Iron Man.” Today, he revealed his progress on his Jarvis clone, saying that he has both succeeded and failed
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Big data analytics company Arcadia Data is shipping a new release of its business intelligence platform that adds streaming data visualization and analysis capabilities, a move that will provide businesses with real-time insights for Internet of Things applications. The new release, Arcadia Enterprise 3.3, also provides native connectivity to Amazon S3 to enable visualization of
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