Smart services such as car sharing, or package tracking form a central foundation for future digital business models. Companies that know how to innovatively exploit the potential of data open up completely new business opportunities.
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Smart services such as car sharing, or package tracking form a central foundation for future digital business models. Companies that know how to innovatively exploit the potential of data open up completely new business opportunities.
Humans have been farming successfully for thousands of years, for most of that time using only the most primitive of technologies. Only in the very recent past have computers begun to have an impact on the way that farmers grow crops and raise livestock. So it might seem strange to suggest that a traditional craft honed over such a long time could be ripe for reinvention via the Internet of Things.
Engineers from Bosch and Daimler are currently experimenting with how a car finds its way through a public car park. For car park owners, this technology offers new potential added value for their business.
Energy efficiency and optimal production processes are key success factors especially for small and medium-sized companies. However, unlike IT-systems, industrial machines cannot be exchanged every few years to keep up with state of the art production. At many companies, these machines are often decades old. 20 or 30 year equipment is not uncommon. So how can they keep up with today’s need for increased efficiency? What can companies do, to identify and eradicate problems, thus making the output more efficient? “Retrofitting” is the term summing up the answer. Equipping old machines with new sensors. However, that’s easier said than done.
So far, the world of IoT consists of a very heterogeneous landscape. Multiple computing protocols like ZigBee, Z-Wave, Modbus and BACnet have their individual pros and cons and therefore all a right to exists — depending on their individual use case. But in an Internet of Things world, everything and everybody is connected — from consumers in sensor-rich environments to enterprises harnessing new technologies like robotics and machine learning. Since we lack one common language for the IoT there is no way around a solution capable of connecting all these standards. But still, the intelligence will move to the edge of the networks. Devices will interact directly. The cloud remains for analysis.
Phoenix Contact, a leading manufacturer of electrotechnology, and Lemonbeat bundle their strength to lift building automation to the next level. During the “E-world energy & water 2017”, Europe’s most successful specialist energy trade fair, both companies announced their cooperation. It’s goal: making building automation more intelligent and less complex. A first real life project is already underway.
When we talk about the Internet of Things, very quickly the topic circles around some fancy things you can do with your smartphone. Like to control and monitor room temperature, lights or window shades in your home. But this is just a very […]
Imagine your window shades know when its time to open or close. And not just by day or by night, but also by the amount of light that falls into the room, by the actual inner temperature or by the overall […]
