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My take on the IoT at CES
Here I am languishing in bitterly-cold Massachusetts, while all the cool kids are playing with toys at CES! I’ll try to get over it and give you my impressions of the Internet of Things new product introductions, as filtered through the lens of my IoT Essential Truths:
Perhaps the most important development is Samsung’s whole-hearted embrace of […]
Saving Lives With the Internet of Things: school lockdowns
Continuing with the meme of this morning’s post, that the real test of the IoT will be if it allows us to do something that we couldn’t do before, how about saving children’s lives as a good example of a new paradigm courtesy of the IoT?
I don’t believe in the NRA’s bizarre position that the […]
Why the Internet of Things Will Bring Fundamental Change “What Can You Do Now That You Couldn’t Do Before?”
The great Eric Bonabeau has chiseled it into my consciousness that the test of whether a new technology really brings about fundamental change is to always ask “What can you do now that you couldn’t do before?”
That’s certainly the case for the Tesla alternative last winter to a costly, time-consuming, and reputation-staining recall (dunno: I […]
Get your vote in for best IoT products of 2013!
(sorry: WordPress and I didn’t agree on the formatting for this entry, and WordPress wins!)
Postscapes‘ annual Best of the IoT contest wraps up on the 30th, so don’t miss your chance to vote for last year’s best IoT products! You owe it to yourself to check out all the nominees: it will give a good […]
TellSpec: IoT device that can be a life-saver — and the killer app!
Whenever someone tries to dismiss the Internet of Things as a nice future vision, I love to rebut them with an example — such as the bassinettes in the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children that allow doctors to diagnose a life-threatening infection a day before there are visible symptoms — that shows the IoT’s not […]
Calculating Internet of Things ROI — important tool
Just came across this video while researching how to calculate ROI on Internet of Things investments for the e-book I’m writing, and felt compelled to share it.
That’s because it may be hard to calculate ROI fully and accurately for IoT investments if you aren’t thinking in terms of what my friend/patron Eric Bonabeau always pounds […]
