Author: Connected World
The National Association of Home Builders says sales of newly built, single-family homes in November rose 12.4%.
In November 2021 alone, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an astounding 4.5 million people quit their jobs. While the November statistic is still pending finalization, this falls in line with a trend throughout the second part of last year, with more than 4 million people quitting their jobs each month between July and November. This so-called Great Resignation is becoming an important chapter in the pandemic chaos wrought by COVID-19 for the past two years. Technologies like AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality), as well as AI (artificial intelligence) can help industries fill in the skills gaps…
ABI Research says 2022 will see a $4.6 billion global spend on industrial digital twins.
Enterprises must work together to address complex sustainability issues no one can solve alone. Business leaders across the globe know that reducing energy consumption, leveraging the IoT (Internet of Things) to pursue digital transformation, and tackling sustainability goals on an individual level and through collaboration is a mandatory business objective. In an AVEVA survey of more than 850 global industrial leaders, 85% say they plan to increase their investment in digital transformation in the next three years. Why? One key reason, according to the survey, is to tackle climate change, in part by embracing automation and leveraging advanced technologies to unlock…
Berg Insight says professionally monitored alarm systems in Europe and North America reached more than 49 million at the end of 2020.
A growing trend, IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) are more often coming together to improve business efficiencies, employee safety, business agility, and support a hybrid work environment. At its core, IT expertise is needed in order to scale and secure the network, as OT systems are brought onto the corporate network. We are seeing this line beginning to blur in a number of different ways. For one, Gartner suggests roughly 82% of CIOs have responsibility for OT systems, which has increased in the last three years. What’s more, 89% say it will increase in the next three years.…
Voice command is gradually becoming a more prominent way consumers interact with their devices. However, concerns about “big brother” are still ever-present. As companies work to make the use of voice assistants as intuitive, seamless, and secure as possible, the AI (artificial intelligence) technologies behind these solutions will need to evolve to support the next generation of voice-activated use cases. A new study from Hub suggests 83% of consumers ages 16-74 have used voice command to control one or more devices, including smartphones, tablets, smart speakers, and vehicle infotainment systems, among others. For 62% of these consumers, voice commands are…
New York City, as the most populous area in the country, can literally make its own rules above and beyond those of the state of New York. For example, buildings account for two-thirds of the annual carbon emissions in New York City, and Local Law 97 is part of New York City’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. Approximately 50,000 commercial and residential buildings in New York City are now required to obtain a Building Energy Efficiency Rating by 2024 or face penalties. Research has found that one of the factors that can benefit owners in…
It isn’t CES if it isn’t full of surprises, but no one wanted the surprise to be Omicron, the latest COVID variant wreaking havoc on society. The industry so desperately wanted a normal CES this year, but what it got is a halfway-back-to-normal-but-still-not-normal CES, in which several major companies bailed at the last minute and attendance was a fraction of what it usually is. Despite all of that, CES 2022 showcased some amazing, connected technologies and, per usual, it helped set the tone for the upcoming year in terms of the IoT (Internet of Things) tech trends. Not surprisingly, given…
For the past year or so, key companies in the appliance space have been working together on something important—the HCA (Home Connectivity Alliance), an open, industry-facing, member-driven manufacturers alliance comprised of global home appliance, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), and TV manufacturers. Founding member companies American Standard, Arcelik, Electrolux, GE, Haier, Samsung, and Trane have come together to focus on discovering how appliance manufacturers can use connectivity to best serve their customers for the long run. HCA president and board chairman Yoon Ho Choi, head of IoT (Internet of Things) business planning and partnerships at Samsung, says when HCA…