research
All You Want For Christmas In 2027: These Stocking Stuffers Are In Your Future
Superfast Mobile Devices
data
Everything Is Illuminated: Smart LEDs Are Lighting The Way To "Intelligent" Manufacturing
One of the trickiest parts of the process involves assembling the turbine’s compressor and wheels. Workers at GE Power’s plant in Greenville, South Carolina, stack the components together one at a time. Depending on the build, they heat some pieces, fit them onto the assembly and then cool them at a uniform rate, creating a tight fit that binds the pieces together.
Sensors
Sweat Equity: These Wireless Skin Sensors Could Check Your Vital Signs And Monitor Your Health
Intelligent cities
Unleashing Urban Innovation: Smart City 2.0
We are witnessing the dawn of digitized, intelligent cities, where sensors are being deployed to monitor air quality, infrastructure health, traffic and even available parking spots. If this new layer of data is to help citizens realize a better quality of life, officials must show leadership in deploying the technology and helping people use it.
There’s a big shift coming in the Smart City movement that will reshape our cities and create economic opportunities for decades to come.
Grayson Brulte: From Quartz to Smartwatch — Will History Repeat Itself?
Brilliant Machines Will Have the Industrial Internet Written All Over Themselves
If you feel that the world has become a buzzing beehive of connectivity, wait a few years. A recent report from CISCO estimates that only a small fraction of the devices that could be talking to each other - 10 billion out of 1.5 trillion, or just 0.6 percent - are actually connected. CISCO estimates that the number will jump to 50 billion by 2020, potentially transforming the way we live and the global economy.