In order to support a growing economy and an increasingly connected world, the United States must invest in its infrastructure to accommodate the next gen of AVs (autonomous vehicles). From unreliable energy delivery to crumbling bridges, the consequences of not investing extend beyond economic; poor infrastructure negatively impacts lives and could even threaten them. In…
America’s transportation infrastructure keeps people and goods moving, which helps drive the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, the nation’s infrastructure is in bad shape. The ASCE’s (American Society of Civil Engineers’) 2017 Infrastructure Report Card gave America’s roads a “D,” while bridges earned a slightly better “C+,” transit earned a “D-,” and aviation infrastructure earned a “D.”…
Why should we keep talking about IoT (Internet of Things) security? Haven’t we talked about it enough? Nope, it’s like death and taxes, they are just inevitable. In my last column, I talked about ways the IoT is increasing the security of our pipeline infrastructure. Security is always relevant, when we’re talking about the IoT.…
Kristina Swallow, president, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), joined Peggy Smedley to kick off an amazing month addressing the state of infrastructure. They talked about the Infrastructure Report Card—and the areas where the nation is truly struggling most. With more than 20 years of professional practice in water resources, transportation, and land development, Swallow…
The energy infrastructure is really changing as it turns to the IoT (Internet of Things) to provide maintenance, monitoring, and even pipeline security. And during the past few weeks, I have taken you on a journey of America’s infrastructure. America’s infrastructure grade, and let’s just be frank, was barely passing—and that’s true no matter how…
Security and privacy are incredibly important topics when we talk healthcare because the data being collected and exchanged is so intimate and personal. That is why for this column I am going to take a closer look at the hurdles of facing the aging-in-place issues over data and device security, as well as privacy. It’s…
To wrap up the month-long focus of aging in place and healthcare, let’s take a closer look health apps. More specifically, let me pose a couple of key questions. First, do they really work? And what needs to happen to bring these tools to the next level of adoption and efficacy? Let me say at…
Gartner forecasts that 20.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide by 2020. Industry verticals like healthcare will push the IoT (Internet of Things) market onward and upward as devices become more affordable and as applications become more targeted to solve specific problems in the health, medical, and clinical realms. Innovation in smart health…
Out with the old and in with the new. PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann might not agree, but that is pretty much what he is saying about the IoT (Internet of Things) these days and maybe even about some of his less than active partners. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8 years experience working on…
It may not seem like it’s been very long since the industry was abuzz about 4G or even 3G and the benefits for M2M (machine-to-machine) and IoT (Internet of Things) applications, but now it’s all about 5G, the fifth generation of wireless broadband networks. In verticals like agriculture, smart cities, utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, and beyond,…
