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Confused World of IoT Alliances Showing Signs of Maturing
September 29th, 2016Tech Giants Showcase Smart Technologies In Their Own Buildings
September 28th, 2016
Buildings Could Make Up The Majority Of Connected Devices, But How Much Of A Building Is Now Connected?
“Just five years ago, the amount of data collected in buildings globally was 1.2 zettabytes. For perspective, consider that in 2009 the entire World Wide Web was estimated to contain close to just half a zettabyte.” states a new report from Memoori The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2016 to 2021. Smart Cities […]
Smart Commercial Buildings Show their Importance to The Internet Of Things
Smart Building device connections are expected to grow from $2.7bn in 2015 to $11.2bn in 2021, according to our new report The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2016 to 2021. This prediction demonstrates the burgeoning strength of the smart building market within the internet of things (IoT) era. In fact, connected devices in […]
The Internet Of Law Enforcement In Smart Cities
The internet of things (IoT) is bringing about many science-fiction style developments. A number of innovative industrial IoT (IIoT) companies are now supporting law enforcement with a host of new smart city technologies. Predpol “the predictive policing company” is providing law enforcement agencies with customized crime predictions for the places and times that crimes are […]
The Story Of The Humble Substation Is The Story Of Our Future Energy System
The Harmonization of the Grid & Buildings Markets has begun! States our recent report entitled Smart Buildings Meet the Smart Grid. Referring to recent developments in smart grids, distributed energy and their synchronization with smart buildings. As these worlds come together, a forest of skyscrapers looks over a sea of power stations, only separated by […]
Should Human Intelligence Be The Blueprint For Artificial Intelligence?
Which is more intelligent, the dog that fetches the newspaper from the front yard or the dog that runs away as soon as the door is opened? Is the dog that earns its food through obedience and affection smarter than the cat that offers neither but gets its food anyway? Is a chimpanzee that creates […]
All That Hype: Gartner Releases It’s 2016 Hype Cycle For Emerging Technologies
At first there’s a trigger, then a wave of reaction flows through the masses. The strength of the reaction creates disillusionment and shakes confidence, then, slowly but surely, a sense of enlightenment brings about true, sustainable productivity. It is, of course, the hype cycle. An almost tediously predictable chart of the peaks and troughs we […]
An Activity-Aware Approach To Designing Smart Buildings And Cities
The cyber physical systems (CPS) revolution is well underway. All manner of physical objects in our buildings and cities are being brought online under the banner of the Internet of Things (IoT). Objects with the ability to sense their environment and reason about the implications, are optimising processes, creating value, enhancing resiliency and developing responsiveness. […]
“The World’s First Vertically Integrated Sustainable Energy Conglomerate”?
“Solar and batteries go together like peanut butter and jelly,” said entrepreneur, Elon Musk, in a company call last week. The comment came after one of Musk’s companies, energy service provider SolarCity, accepted $2.6bn in stock for one of Musk’s other companies, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla Motors. Musk owns around a 20% stake in […]
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