Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Greetings! There were a number of interesting and fun stories related to the Internet of Things published this past week. On the business side, I cover articles from Google, Cisco and IBM (Quarks) along with a few on Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning.

Additionally, one of the fun aspects of the IoT is that it's becoming accessible to people of all ages. Much of the innovation and new products in this space continue to come from the Maker community. To this point, I've included a few articles on Makers.

If you missed it in the last issue, be sure to check out the Director level opportunity at Target. Please be sure to reach out if you are interested talking with us about sponsorship opportunities.

I thank you for reading each issue and am proud that we have such a great community of IoT professionals in IoT Weekly News!

News

St. Paul Library Makerspaces Encourage Noisy Creativity

I love this! The more we can put technology into the hands of the young, the better chance we have at continuing to be innovative and build products that we never conceived of.

Google Says "Orchestration" Is next Big Trend in the Internet of Things

What this article is really talking about are API's and cloud services that allow for different systems to interoperate. In my mind, with-out this, the real promise of the Internet of Things is impossible.

Why Cisco Is Winning the IoT Race

I've been seeing more and more stories about analytics being done at the EDGE. Additionally, Cisco has been working hard to promote their "Fog Computing" buzzword. This is an article about why some of their marketing might be sticking and defining their role in the IoT ecosystem.

Sponsor

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Business

IoT Slashes Downtime with Predictive Maintenance

As the article states. "Fortune Magazine reports that PTC believes predictive maintenance will be one of the first killer applications for the Industrial Internet of Things." I've read about many companies already doing this for years, but sometimes it takes a trend like the Internet of Things to raise awareness of what is possible.

Tech Tycoon Bets Business Is the Internet of Things’ Future

Good article about how investors are looking at the Internet of Things and really woking hard to pull out the true applications. The article contains a quote, "Maybe the way the Internet of Things really grows isn’t so much by letting you control your thermostat with your smartphone; it’s by connecting the physical infrastructure of businesses to help them turn a profit.". I couldn't agree more.

Big Data

Data Streaming at the Edge: IBM and Apache Quarks

Check out my latest interview for the RT Insights podcast where I talk with IBM on their latest (now open sourced) product called Quarks which deals with data streaming at the Edge.

IoT plus Big Data Analytics Translate into Better Services Management

This article covers an in-depth case study where a transportation agency in New Zealand is using data analytics to give them measurable insights into their business process.

Machine Learning, IoT and Big Data: Retailers Need to Embrace Latest Tech or Fall Behind

Fascinating article about the latest in trends and technology and how specifically the Retail sector should be looking to this market to advance and stay on top, otherwise they will fall behind. Big Data and Machine Learning is critical to the Internet of Things.

The Internet Of Things And Machine Learning

It's literally like a chocolate meets peanut butter moment in the areas of connected devices, the Internet of Things and bringing value from the data and machines training themselves to improve the process.

Development

Hands on with Electron, the Cellular Mobile Arduino-Like Controller Thing

Good article on how you can jump right in and start building connected products using cellular from companies like Particle and their latest Electron device.

Events

Minneapolis St. Paul Maker Faire - May 14, 2016

Last year’s inaugural event was a huge success with more than 4,000 visitors, makers, sponsors and volunteers participating. Of course, it was a lot of fun too! This year’s faire promises to be even better with more makers and more activities. Celebrate do-it-yourself (DIY) projects ranging from arts and crafts to science and engineering

Survey

Internet Of Things (IoT) Predictions

This article, more than any other in this issue opens up the question as to why IoT is big now, who are the major players in the space and in particular, what type of insights can be built from the data we are able to collect. Predictions come from Forrester, Machina Research, WEF, Gartner and IDC.