The leading car manufacturers are currently investing huge amounts of money integrating Big Data knowhow into their manufacturing processes. In the future, it will also undoubtedly have a direct impact on the driving experience and before long your car will drive itself. If your in-car computer tells you that your engine is 70% likely to fail, most people would want to do … [Read more...] about The Internet of Things, Big Data and Preventative Predictions
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Preventing Car Crashes with Big Data Analytics
Imagine a world where the number of car crashes has been reduced to zero. Does it seem impossible? When considering in 2013Â more than 32,000 people died in traffic crashes, the goal does certainly seem unobtainable. Yet many scientists and engineers are busily working with new technology that may one day significantly reduce the number of car crashes, in consequence bringing … [Read more...] about Preventing Car Crashes with Big Data Analytics
The Internet Of Things Needs Geographically Dispersed Federated Clouds
The Internet of Things, the infelicitously named multitude of connected smart devices that will soon number in the billions, instigates something of a tug of war where data storage and processing is concerned. A huge benefit from the IoT will come from aggregation of the data that it produces, which is likely to be stored in data lakes. It doesnt matter especially where those … [Read more...] about The Internet Of Things Needs Geographically Dispersed Federated Clouds
The Internet of Things: Is too Much Technology a Security Risk?
I recently read an interesting article on CIO.com about the Internet of Things compromising business security. The article brought up some interesting points with regard to the devices that manage our lives and the new concern that each device brings up. Locks that are controlled with smart phones, climate control devices like Nest and mobile devices with access to company … [Read more...] about The Internet of Things: Is too Much Technology a Security Risk?
How the Internet of Things (IoT) is Going to Revolutionize Healthcare
The potential to dramatically lower costs and improve quality of care are obvious. Wireless sensor-based systems are already at work today, gathering patient medical data that was never before available for analysis and delivering care to people for whom care wasnt previously accessible. In these ways, IoT-driven systems are making it possible to radically reduce costs and … [Read more...] about How the Internet of Things (IoT) is Going to Revolutionize Healthcare
