Author: Connected World
By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over—many of whom will be aging in place or living at their own home. Technologies like robots and AI (artificial intelligence) can help enable people to live safely in their homes longer than before. Let’s consider a few examples. Research out of Chiba University Graduate School of Nursing suggests robots and AI (artificial intelligence) are both critical to caregiving—especially as a shortage of skilled workers continues to rise up. Here is how this can help: Age in the comfort of their own homes. Minimize strain…
#Factoftheweek 23 million people. Connected care solutions are on the rise. This includes telehealth and telecare solutions. Let’s consider the growth in Europe. 14.7 million people used connected care solutions at the end of 2024 23 million will use connected care solutions by 2028 This represents an 11.8% compound annual growth rate. The analyst firm Berg Insights suggests telecare is the largest and most mature segment of the connected care market and is entering a growth phase. Telehealth follows, and of course there is an overlap between telecare users and telehealth systems.+ Do you like telecare for such a surge?…
Could AI (artificial intelligence) reduce crashes and enhance transportation management? Possibly. Imagine this: technology predicts the movement and patterns of vehicles and adjusts traffic signals to reduce congestion. Of course, this is only one example. There are so many ways to use AI to help with transportation. Let’s explore a few. At the end of last year, a team of researchers at Virginia Tech wrote a report that explores the benefits and implementations of AI in departments of transportation at the state and local levels. AI can help in transportation in two essential ways: improve road safety/reduce accidents and enhance…
#Factoftheweek $30 billion Companies will spend more than $30 billion by 2027 on AI-related infrastructure, platforms, software, and services to support their ability to personalize the customer experience. Here are a few key areas they are targeting: Automated journey: Personalized engagements and automated sensing will help fast-path customers to transactional commerce. Search becoming a dialogue: Search and engage in dialogue with gen AI (artificial intelligence), building humanized digital AI as the primary customer interface. AI gig agencies: Traditional agencies will move to AI-enabled contractors. Marketing’s new hire, AI: Many marketing roles will be held by an AI worker, moving humans…
Yes! Will Gen AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning—specifically materials informatics—help reinvent the battery industry? The answer to this probing question is a resounding, yes. And new methods for discovering electrolytes, electrode, current collector, and packaging materials, couldn’t come at a better time. IDTechEx points to two ways this can help. For one, a developed use case is virtual screening, which is when a database of candidate materials has already been generated, and agents can predict properties and remove low-potential materials, which reduces the number of materials that need further testing. A second emerging technology is de novo design, describing…
#Factoftheweek 280% Move aside robotics. AI (artificial intelligence) robotics are here. How are these robots different from other robots? Well, they are more intelligent. These robots can adapt, learn, and perform complex tasks—and they are already being used in industries like manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. We see some staggering predictions by the end of this decade, suggesting the global AI robotics market will rise 280%, achieving an impressive $64 billion value. AI robotics will grow four times faster than the overall robotics market. If we want to leverage AI robotics successfully, we must: Create a corporate code of ethics Select…
Emerging technologies, such as gen AI (artificial intelligence) can help us in many walks of life—including in business. Consider the example of using AI to help with fleet operations, more specifically to reduce fraud and manage fuel. Let’s take a closer look at how this might work. Carter Geotechnical works with construction materials, testing, and inspections and it has recently partnered with RoadFlex, which is a fleet fuel management and purchasing program. Here is how this can help: Leverage fuel cards to control purchases for fuel, DEF fluid, accommodations, and other operational essentials. Manage transactions, while also tracking activity. Take…
AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) can help with a great many things. One such example is making strength predictions in steel columns to ensure strong and resilient infrastructure—which is much needed in today’s age of growing natural disasters. Concrete-filled steel tube columns are often ideal for building stronger buildings and infrastructure, and now researchers are doing experiments to predict their properties. The challenge is the data is limited. Enter a research team led by Associate Professor Jin-Kook Kim of Seoul National University of Science and Technology, which presented and verified a hybrid machine learning model capable of accurately…
Robotics are on the rise—and so too are the technological innovations that enable them. A research project aims to create a vision system with a unique shape and reflective surface. Think, cat eyes on your robots. The researchers at GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) recognized a challenge: autonomous systems often struggle to see well in different environments. Bright sunlight, low light, and objects that blend into backgrounds are difficult for drones, self-driving cars, and robots. Enter nature’s solution to the problem: cat eyes. Cats can often see well in both bright light and darkness. In the day, vertical…
The numbers are staggering. College campuses produce between 6-8 tons of CO₂ per student annually. Energy experts claim AI (artificial intelligence) can reduce consumption by up to 29%, ultimately helping to create smarter, greener campuses. Consider the example of Yale University, which consumes 40,000 kWh of energy per student, which is seven times more than Oxford University, according to Exergio. While many universities have implemented carbon reduction strategies, there are still often challenges such as aging infrastructure and inconsistent policy adoption, as just a few examples. Enter technology. Energy experts from Exergio, a company that develops AI-based tools for energy performance,…