Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

I'm super excited to share with all of our readers, issue number 150 of the Artificial Intelligence / Internet of Things Newsletter! We've got another great list of hand-picked articles that we curated by me that involve all of the latest and greatest stories from this exciting area of technology.

First, just a quick note that I have published my latest Applied AI Podcast. I had the pleasure of speaking with Sabina Stanescu on Building Better Products Using Responsible AI and MLOps. This is one interview that you will NOT want to miss. Sabina is an expert in the areas of Data Science / ML and Product Management and she shares some very interesting perspectives on how AI is being applied to business problems - including the Internet of Things!

Also, keeping with the Artificial Intelligence theme, the Applied AI meetup group is meeting this Thursday, June 3rd. We will be talking about Prototyping Artificial Intelligence Models.

Finally, please join me this Thursday as I speak about AIoT at the MN Tech 2021. The topic of my presentation is What is the AIoT and Why Your Business Won't Survive Without It. Be sure to register today to access all the sessions at the conference!

I hope you enjoy this issue and continue to join me in this journey of exploring and leveraging the power of the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. Please contact me if you have any questions and if there are ways in which I can help your organization succeed when it comes to implementing this technology. I love to talk with people and learn free of charge!

News

AIoT and Intelligence on the Edge

Recently, one of the biggest convergences is between the fields of AI/ML and IoT, which enables the rise of Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). AIoT combines data collected by sensors and other devices with the intelligence offered by AI/ML to enable real-time, intelligence on the edge. By converging AI/ML and IoT capabilities, AIoT solves two problems by merging them together into one solution.

New Jersey Veteran Receives New 'Smart Home' From 9/11 Charity

A 9/11 charity left a New Jersey veteran "absolutely speechless" when it gifted him a home Thursday. Marine Sgt. Aaron Alonso stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2014, losing his legs but beating the "sub-1%" chance he had of surviving at all. When he did get home, life was never going to be the same.

AIoT Video Solution Supports Social Distancing

Intelligent Insights by Bosch is an AIoT video software solution that combines the connectivity of physical products with the application of artificial intelligence (AI), giving users the power to predict based on live and historical data.

Why AIoT Is Emerging As The Future Of Industry 4.0

The lethal combination of AI and IoT brings us AIoT - Artificial Intelligence of Things - that delivers intelligent and connected systems that are capable of self-correcting and self-healing themselves.

Bosch Launches AIoT Platform With Real-Time Energy Management, Operating Usages and More

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI) on Wednesday launched an AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) platform called Phantom Edge that provides real-time electrical energy consumption, operating usage, electrical parameters, and appliance-level information.

Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) and the Role It Plays in Banking

Imagine walking into your office block and – without having to rummage through your pockets for your access fob – the door just swishes open. As you step through it, a friendly voice welcomes you by name. Then, as you’re walking towards your desk, the lights switch-on with every step you take. And, right before you take your coat off, a heater starts to circulate warm air around your desk.

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Security

Amazon US Customers Have One Week to Opt out of Mass Wireless Sharing

Critics raise transparency fears over the plan to turn all smart home devices into ‘mesh networks’. Amazon customers have one week to opt-out of a plan that would turn every Echo speaker and Ring security camera in the US into a shared wireless network, as part of the company’s plan to fix connection problems for its smart home devices.

Infineon Enables TinyML for Secure AIoT

ModusToolbox ML is a new feature in ModusToolbox Software and Tools that provides middleware, software libraries, and special tools for designers to evaluate and deploy deep learning-based ML models.

Business

How Blockchain Technology Can Benefit the Internet of Things

Blockchain technology has already gone through a peak of hype, then a period of disillusionment, but it may be on an upward climb again. While the roller-coaster ride of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin has also cast aspersions on blockchain technology –and it has—recent events such as COVID-19 and its impact on the connected economy have created new imperatives for digitizing transactions.

Industrial

Batteries Not Required: The Future of the IoT (Internet of Things)

Benton Calhoun SM '02 Ph.D. '06 and David Wentzloff SM '02 Ph.D. '07 are co-founders of Everactive, which uses wireless sensing to provide continuous remote monitoring for the Industrial Internet of Things. When Ben Calhoun and Dave Wentzloff co-founded Everactive in 2012, analysts and tech companies

Consumer

20 Smart Home Tech Deals for Memorial Day 2021

From smart toothbrushes to app-controlled power strips, these deals will add a high-tech boost to your abode. Are you trying to outfit your house with cameras and lights that you can control with your voice? Or do you just want to make vacuuming, cooking, and streaming content a little easier? Either way, there's a bunch of Memorial Day sales this past weekend on products that can make your home a little smarter.

Development

Dual Core Xtensa Chip for the AIoT

Chinese chip designer Espressif has developed a dual core XTensa wireless system on chip for AI in the Internet of Things (AIoT). The ESP32-S3 uses two 240MHz extended XTensa LX7 cores from Cadence Design Systems with 2.4GHz WiFi and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 connectivity. It has 44 programmable GPIOs and supports larger, high-speed octal SPI flash than the previous ESP32 devices and PSRAM with configurable data and instruction cache .