Tag: Big Data
Philips expands healthtech portfolio with IoT, AI, cloud solutions
Dutch technology company Philips is working on a string of new connected technologies to improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency in the health sector.
Speaking...
Fitbit and Apple Watch can help predict diabetes, says report
Smart watches just got smarter, according to a new study of the use of wearables to predict the risk of medical conditions, including diabetes,...
100,000 IoT sensors line canal in China’s ambitious water diversion project
A colossal water diversion project in China has installed a myriad of IoT sensors to help monitor the essential canal infrastructure.
The ambitious engineering scheme...
SoftBank and Vayyar to apply 3D imaging to IoT use cases
SoftBank has joined forces with sensor maker Vayyar Imaging to develop new technologies for the IoT.
Japanese tech giant Softbank has partnered with Vayyar Imaging,...
Hazelcast Jet aims to DAG-propel IoT data flow
Open source in-memory data grid (IMDG) company Hazelcast is increasingly aligning its 'application-embeddable' technologies to IoT use cases.
Apache Spark rival Hazelcast recently hit the...
Abilify IoT-enabled digital pills approved amid privacy concerns
In a first for the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved digital pills that include an ingestion tracking system.
A phenomenal amount...
IoT edge deserves first-class treatment, says Nutanix
IoT edge applications will need a data pipeline that stretches all the way from devices to the data center and treats devices as 'first-class...
Real-time disease monitoring unearths power of IoT in agriculture
A new IoT solution, enabling real-time disease monitoring of crops, sees air sampling equipment combined with cellular connectivity and cloud services to boost yields.
Crop...
Use of AI and machine learning in finance could cause crisis,...
The Financial Stability Board has issued a paper on the use of AI and machine learning in finance, warning that their current use creates...
Walmart testing autonomous shelf-scanning robots
Following a successful initial trial, multinational retailer Walmart is rolling out its autonomous robots to perform shelf-scanning duties at a further 50 stores.
The scale...
Hitachi Vantara seeks more “adaptable, composable, analytical” IoT
Adrian Bridgwater reports from Pentaho's final standalone PentahoWorld conference in Orlando, Florida, as the company becomes part of Hitachi Vantara.
The artist formerly known as...
OneWeb aims to bridge digital divide with internet satellites
A new internet satellite constellation, from tech pioneer OneWeb, means that a future where even the remotest areas can access super-fast broadband may be...