The IoT evolution versus IoT revolution debate in the Cognitive Age
Profile: Francisco Maroto
During all my years evangelizing the internet of things, I have been explaining to customers, partners and friends that IoT can positively change the way we do business and the way we live our lives. I have been asked if IoT is a new 
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CES 2018: The five words I heard most frequently
AI. Overwhelmed. Alexa. Autonomous. Robots. As in the past few of my now 20 years of attending CES, the question I most hoped to avoid was "Did you see anything cool at the show?" I bristle at the query each year as it is an unfair question. The question might have been appropriate...
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Technology innovation in 2018: From AI, VR and IoT to robotics
Profile: Chris Matthieu
The rapid pace of innovation in today's tech world makes the coming-year predictions game more interesting and exciting than ever. In past generations, visions of world-altering technological transformation had to be set decades or longer in the future -- in the case of The Jetsons, a full...
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What do bots and Henry Ford have in common? Efficiency
It seems like every headline these days is either praising or despairing the impact artificial intelligence (AI) and next-gen technology will have on society, especially as it relates to the workforce. Will the introduction of AI, bots,...
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Who’s afraid of the big, bad robot?
Profile: James Cabe
Tired of hearing about IoT? Me too. I am also tired of AI and the constant specter of intelligent robots and computers that are smarter than us, and that for some reason want to harm us. I prefer the movie Her because I believe that is more likely to represent the future of an AI. They...
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The top 10 topics and buzzwords of Mobile World Congress 2017
Every time I attend Mobile World Congress, which was last week in Barcelona, I compile a list of the top 10 hot topics and buzz phrases that I see across presentations, exhibitors and on-site events. So here goes the 2017 countdown, starting at number 10 and building up to the most popular phrase...
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Five IoT battlegrounds: Where does your company fit?
Robots eliminate a lot of human error, but as with all technologies, they're not perfect. Just ask General Motors, which uses thousands of robots to make cars. There was a time when the automaker learned of a downed robot only after the problem had halted an assembly line and created costly...
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The LoweBot brings retail IoT to life
Profile: Gary Orenstein
Last week Lowe's announced the upcoming availability of a new in-store robot it has been...
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Telepresence robotics with Nao and Kinect
Most of you have likely seen the film Avatar. In this movie, Jake Sully takes control over the humanoid body of a so called Na'vi, one of the indigenous people of the planet Pandora. The technical foundation for such a technology is...
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