Much of the development in machine language (ML) implementations follows a “bigger is better” path: more data, more storage, more compute power, more bandwidth all equals better results – or so the mantra goes. But a community-based effort is moving in the opposite direction, building “TinyML” implementations for use on low-powered devices with scarce computer […]
Nearly 70% of the world’s population could dwell in city centers by 2050 according to estimates. As cities look to solutions to challenges of city density, energy consumption and traffic congestion among others, they need help parsing which technologies can truly address their needs. Michael Lake of Leading Cities, a nonprofit devoted to sustainable city […]
Key takeaways from this article: In the mobile network operators (MNOs) arena, 5G is becoming the fifth-generation mobile network standard on its way to eventual domination of wireless phones, mobile broadband and more. 5G NR technology can be overpriced and unsuitable for many applications. While millimeter wave 5G NR is overpowered for many IoT applications, […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) market continues to explode with opportunities as enterprises find new and innovative ways to take advantage of factory automation, fleet monitoring, remote asset management, predictive maintenance, warehouse surveillance, and other ways to optimize operations. To take advantage of the IoT, many enterprises have built their own application enablement platforms (AEPs) […]
Before COVID-19 emerged, manufacturers were plotting their next act. Today, businesses’ future survival depends on their capacity to prepare for what McKinsey calls the “next normal” in a report series on the future of various industries. Now, decades-old concepts such as “lights out,” or completely automated, manufacturing have gained a new relevance. At a minimum, […]
With roots in NASA research, digital twins promise to upgrade product development and operational performance in an array of contexts. Today, the digital twin is mainstream as technologies such as sensors, big data analytics and cloud computing power a new generation of Internet of Things (IoT)-connected products, industrial assets, buildings and even city infrastructure. In […]
After a decade dominated by the growing reliance on centralized third-party public cloud services, the deployment of edge computing systems and Internet of Things (IoT) devices represents a partial pendulum swing back to decentralized data management. Large cloud service providers, however, are eager to extend services from the cloud to the edge. As a result, […]