Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Another interesting and exciting week in the world of the Internet of Things! Everyone loves Robots. The lead story this week is about robots that are not only able to perform tasks, but can watch and learn in real time. This is exciting and continues to push the boundaries on what is possible in the areas of artificial intelligence. Another fascinating article comes from Harvard Business Review on smart connected products and business.

This issue also includes coverage on other important topics on Security, Business, Development and Events on the IoT!

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News

Robot See, Robot Do: How Robots Can Learn New Tasks by Observing

This is awesome! Robot "training academies" could help industrial robots learn to perform complicated tasks by watching a human do them first.

How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Companies

Great article on how companies are finding value in the IoT devices they are putting into cars, wearables and consumer goods to have a huge impact. Smart, connected products are dramatically changing opportunities for value creation in the economy.

Health Care Innovation Shifts to IT, Not Devices

Health information technology is gaining ground fast on medical device innovation, and if all goes well in a few years we won’t even much notice the inevitable falloff in medical device start-ups.

Security

Who Will Step Up To Secure The Internet Of Things?

As an industry, how can we support this new generation of technologists and equip them with the deep expertise and context necessary to create a truly secure IoT? Checkout this article to understand some of the limitations and learn how we all can help make a change for the positive when it comes to securing the Internet of Things.

Internet of Things Vigilante Malware Strikes - to Protect Them?

Researchers are puzzling over the Linux.Wifatch malware -- sophisticated code which appears to help secure IoT devices, and yet also forces infected devices to a peer-to-peer network of infected systems.

Business

Here's Why IoT Really Is the Next Frontier for Businesses

If you remember nothing else from this article, this quote sums it up. "This [IoT] becomes an ongoing service experience and relationship that dramatically improves customer engagement and brand awareness. The relationship goes from being a one-time, arm’s-length transaction to an ongoing service relationship."

How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition

An array of innovations across the technology landscape have converged to make smart, connected products technically and economically feasible. These include breakthroughs in the areas. Some higher level experiences to be in place so that performance, miniaturization, and energy efficiency of sensors and batteries; highly compact, low-cost computer are using minimal power during the course of the election.

Employment

SmartThings Careers

SmartThings is growing rapidly and searching for driven innovators, thinkers, makers, and more to help change how we interact with the world around us. Learn more about career opportunities today!

Development

Expanding Parse for IoT

While Parse for IoT was introduced earlier this year as a way for the platform to work into the world of the IoT, it was left to developers to figure out the applications. This short blog post talks about some the ways the API is being used in applications by the developer community.

Array of Things

The Array of Things (AoT) is an urban sensing project, a network of interactive, modular sensor boxes that will be installed around Chicago to collect real-time data on the city’s environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use.

Events

Physical Computing and the Internet of Things

The goal of this collaborative is to enable such a collaboration and help develop students with the skills to lead IoT research and development in the future through various activities. Come join the group and learn from each other all the various aspects of the Internet of Things.

IoT Hack Day Public Voting on Oct 17th

Come talk, share and learn information on the Internet of Things from the teams competing in IoTHackDay 2015. Voting will open to the public at 8:00 on the evening of Oct 17th. Attend and show your support and vote for which 3 teams will will the competition!