With the help of printed electronics and an Internet of Things smart product platform, beverage giant Diageo is equipping its Johnnie Walker Blue Label whisky with smart bottles.
http://www.cio.com/article/2926218/innovation/why-johnnie-walker-joined-the-internet-of-things.html
The problem with wearable technology might just be that nobody particularly wants it.
Not if you call it “wearable technology,” that is. That’s the conclusion proffered by Marcus Weller, the chief executive and cofounder of Skully, the maker of a “smart” motorcycle helmet.
http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/20/dylans-desk-nobody-wants-your-wearable/
The Information reports that Google is working on a new Android-based operating system to run specifically on the emerging class of low-power devices, aka the Internet of Things. This new OS, dubbed “Brillo”, is supposedly quite petite and may require as little as 32 or 64 megabytes of RAM to run. This marks a significant departure for Google considering its latest Android build demanded at least 512MB of RAM. However there’s a lot to be gained by being the OS that drives out smart bulbs, thermostats and locks. Not only does it free OEMs from having to design their own IoT communications schemes, it should also strongly position the Mountain View-based company as the invisible backbone of tomorrow’s smart home. If this rumor is indeed true, Google will likely announce it at next week’s I/O developers conference. Stay tuned.
The worldwide Internet of Things (IoT) market is expected to grow 19% this year, led by digital signage applications, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp. (IDC).
The firm’s second annual forecast focuses on the growing use of IoT in 11 industries, including consumer goods, retail, healthcare, government, manufacturing and transportation. The new forecast highlights worldwide spending across IoT use cases, including smart appliances, automated public transit, remote health monitoring, digital signage, connected vehicles and air traffic monitoring.
The IoT market in manufacturing operations will grow from $42.2 billion in 2013 to $98.8 billion in 2018, a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19%. Growth will be driven by ongoing efforts to increase efficiency and link “islands of automation.”
Digital signage use in retail outlets will grow from $6 billion in 2013 to $27.5 billion in 2018, a 36% five-year CAGR, as retailers continue to digitize the consumer experience. The hottest U.S. market in IoT is in connected vehicles, with 35% year-over-year growth anticipated in 2015.
IDC says a forecast update is planned for November 2015 and will evaluate additional vertical-specific use cases, including smart agriculture.
Investor Carl Icahn said he expects Apple Inc. to introduce an ultra-high-definition television in 2016. But after nearly a decade of research, Apple quietly shelved plans to make such a set more than a year ago, according to people familiar with the matter.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-apples-move-to-shelve-tv-plans-1431992617
While I wasn’t there myself, this post from Intel’s blog is a good recap.
The Year of the Goat, a symbol of good fortune, marks the celebration of global ecosystem collaboration to advance the Internet of Things. To encourage collaboration at an unprecedented level, Intel announced the opening of the first Intel IoT lab in China at IDF Shenzen, a major tradeshow this spring.
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Internet of Things Group Doug Davis spoke to attendees about how the Internet of Things will drive new business models, transform industries and ultimately improve people’s lives.
“As we think about the Internet of Things, the numbers associated with it are all huge,” Davis told the crowd. “Analysts believe that by the year 2020 there will be 50 billion devices connected to the Internet1. About 10 billion of those devices are PCs, tablets, phones, and servers. That means the other 40 billion are things. Those things will include all of the great ideas and mass innovations that are happening.”
Today, the installed base is estimated at about 15 billion devices, and 85 percent of things that have integrated computing are not connected to each other, or to the data center or cloud2. That means that the number of devices needing to connect to the Internet over the next five years is 35 billion.
“If you look at IoT growth rates worldwide, the rest of the world is growing at about a 10 percent compound annual growth rate, but China is expected to grow at a 20 percent compound annual growth rate,” Davis said.
“Some of the industries that are expected to make up that growth worldwide are transportation and automotive, smart homes and buildings, manufacturing, industrial, and energy.”
Davis also announced that Intel and the Strategic Alliance of Smart Energy Industrial Technology Innovation (SASE) are investing in an Intel IoT lab focused on platform development for the energy sector. The lab will allow customers to connect to an infrastructure and conduct testing for implementation. Intel has several such labs already in operation worldwide and will open this latest Intel IoT lab in Beijing at the end of the month.
“Customers need to be able to quickly and efficiently deploy these kinds of solutions,” Davis said. “The Intel® IoT Gateway platform integrates the Wind River operating system, the intelligent platform, and the McAfee Whitelisting Technology to create a platform where customers can create their own applications stack to deploy out into the solutions they’re creating.”
“If we want to be able to support 50 billion devices, we need solutions that can scale rapidly,” Davis continued. “Intel has been involved in these kind of horizontal and standardized implementations in the past, going from PCs to servers to storage to networking. We’ve seen dramatic growth in those areas because of that level of standardization. That’s the kind of scale that we need to drive into the Internet of Things.”
Watch IDF Shenzhen keynotes by Davis and other Intel executives.
1. Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2013–2018 (white paper).
2. IMS research
Intel Champions Internet of Things Collaborations at IDF Shenzhen
These issues are only going to get worse as the internet of things heats up.
Bad software update kills many Wink smart home hubs.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/19/wink-home-automation-hub-bricked/?ncid=rss_truncated
CMO.COM posted a f^`°n awesome list of stats.
1. In 2008, there were already more “things” connected to the Internet than people. By 2020, the amount of Internet-connected things will reach 50 billion, with $19 trillion in profits and cost savings coming from IoT over the next decade.
2. Connected homes will be a huge part of the Internet of Things. By 2019, companies will ship 1.9 billion connected home devices, bringing in about $490 billion in revenue. Google and Samsung are already ahead of the pack. Google bought smart thermostat maker Nest Labs last year for $3.2 billion, and Samsung purchased connected home company SmartThings for $200 million.
3. Right now, most IoT smart devices aren’t in your home or phone; they are in factories, businesses and health care. By 2025, the total global worth of IoT technology could be as much as $6.2 trillion–most of that value coming from devices in health care ($2.5 trillion) and manufacturing ($2.3 trillion).
4. Only 0.06% of things that could be connected to the Internet currently are, which means 10 billion things out of the 1.5 trillion that exist globally are currently connected.
5. By 2020, it’s estimated that 90% of cars will be connected to the Internet as compared to 10% in 2012.
6. The connected kitchen will contribute at least 15% savings in the food and beverage industry by 2020.
7. By equipping street lights with sensors and connecting them to the network, cities can dim lights to save energy, only bringing them to full capacity when the sensors detect motion. This can reduce energy costs by 70% to 80%.
8. GE estimates that convergence of machines, data, and analytics will become a $200 billion global industry over the next three years.
9. More than two-thirds of consumers plan to buy connected technology for their homes by 2019, and nearly half say the same for wearable technology. Smart thermostats are expected to have 43% adoption in the next five years.
10. In 2008, Proteus Digital Health created a pill with a tiny sensor inside of it. The sensor transmits data about when a patient takes his medication and pairs with a wearable device to inform family members if it’s not taken at the right time.
11. A whopping 94% of all businesses have seen a return on their IoT investments.
12. Wearables will becomes a $6 billion market by 2016, with 171 million devices sold, up from $2 billion in 2011 and just 14 million devices sold.
13. Currently, 7% of consumers own a wearable IoT device, and 4% of consumers own an in-home IoT device.
Pete Deutschman 