Measuring people’s happiness using #IoT wireless signals
By measuring subtle changes in breathing and heart rhythms, EQ-Radio is 87 percent accurate at detecting if a person is excited, happy, angry or sad – and can do so…
Many #IoT devices do not support software updates, cannot patch security holes
And even if they can be updated, consumers and customers must visit the manufacturer’s web site, download a patch and then manually update firmware in the device. Which means even…
Industrial automation will lead to autonomous/no workers factories
“You will see completely lights out factories for manufacturing,” said Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Systems’ IoT and Collaboration Technology Group. “You’re going to see…
Procter & Gamble reduces number of factories, increases automation and robotics
Ultimately, it means P&G’s signature products, such as Tide detergent and Pampers diapers, will be made in fewer, but larger manufacturing plants, and ones with more robots and automation that…
Generation “Jones” – the generation that followed the “Baby Boomers”
Everyone has heard of the “Baby boom” generation, defined as those born between 1946 and 1964. The grouping was arbitrarily by measuring the birth rate when it shot up in…