Internet of Things
Apple, Blood-Oxygen, & You!?
The new Apple Watch 6 is boasting a blood oxygen monitor (amongst other health monitoring as well). In theory that is great. Love it. In reality and practically speaking, the question is where does this data go, what happens with this data, and how does the consumer (you) benefit? Unless we solve the last mile…
Read MoreThe Inversion Factor: How IoT Changes Everything
Inversion is the phenomenon that enables businesses to grow and thrive dramatically by allowing customer-needs to drive what products and services a company should have, vs, outdated product specs and offerings, often missing customer desires and needs. One of the key enablers of Inversion is IoT. IoT creates the network of connecting things, enabling companies…
Read MoreThe Evolving World Of The Digital Insurance Industry
For decades, the insurance industry has been highly profitable and operated in the same manner. You buy insurance for everything of value you own, rates increase each year, and if something happens you get remunerated. Be it your house, car, valuables, boat, RV and all other. Nothing is excluded really. In the new era of…
Read MoreInversion, IoT & The Hyper-Connected-World
Inversion is the paradigm shift allowing all companies to think needs-first vs product-spec-first and focus on enhancing consumer experiences for all products. The paradigm shift has new software architecture considerations. In our book, The Inversion Factor, we have identified four essential principles—connectedness, composability, recruitability and immersion—that all stakeholders can use to develop and build the next wave of…
Read MoreThe Inversion Factor, How to Thrive in the IOT Economy
Had a great time speaking at this fireside chat at MIT Enterprise Forum with my co-author Sanjay Sarma and talking about The Inversion Factor. Excellent moderating by Gideon Lichfield, Editor-in-chief at MIT Technology Review. You can watch the full talk below.
Read MoreThe Immersion of Things
Following my blog post of last week about why IoT is hot now and the link between IoT and AI, as promised, here is further discussion. In The Inversion Factor, we see a clear progress in IoT from Things, to IoT , to The Intelligence of Things, followed by The Immersion of Things. Today we…
Read MoreWhy Is IoT Hot Now?
In 2001, my startup in Cambridge and several others started the IoT movement via RFID and devices on the net. My first white paper on this topic was called “IoD, Internet of Devices.” At the same time, colleagues at MIT AutoID Center, were propagating IoT. Now almost 18 years later, I am delighted to see…
Read MoreChatham House Primer: The Internet of Things
The phrase the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) has become synonymous with the next stage of humankind’s economic advancement. But what exactly is the IoT and why might it be so important? Linda Bernardi explains how the introduction of so-called ‘smart’ objects – from phones and cars to kettles and domestic central heating systems – might…
Read MoreComing Soon: The Inversion Factor
Delighted to share The Inversion Factor with you. The Inversion Factor discusses the emerging architecture of IoT, the specific nuances and the evolution of a ‘Needs-First’ vs a ‘Product-First’ mentality/architecture & economy in the emerging Hyper Connected World. We have included in depth and never-available-before case studies and we explain/discuss the emerging architecture of IoT…
Read MoreAlexa, Siri, Cortana, Bixby: Headed for Collision or Success?
Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung & Apple: Pick up the pace of innovation please! Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Bixby: Headed for collision or success? With every tech company paralleling their efforts to introduce yet another virtual assistant- I had to pause today and wonder what is the interoperability plan? Today Samsung introduced its version of Siri: Bixby. So…
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