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Transportation Safety: 5 Protocols & Processes to Know

A dynamic range of protocols can help make our transportation technology safer.

Transportation Trends in Commercial & Non-Passenger Vehicles

Some of the most exciting technology trends shaping transportation are for commercial vehicles.

5G is here – and maybe it’s time to buy a new car!

The mission of 5G is to create the ‘Internet of Everything’, drastically expanding the scale of the Internet in the process. As one of our most valuable possessions, it is inevitable that cars will join the network.

Don’t ignore analog—it’s the secret sauce of IoT

Most of the innovation in IoT is focused on digital technology. From power servers running software in the cloud, to increasingly more intelligent devices operating ever closer to the edge in our factories, homes and personal devices. What is often l

Today's case for AI at the edge

AI might feel far away, but engineers are innovating everyday. Should you consider edge AI?

Special Coverage | Chia-Yuan Chang at Avnet: One-stop solutions simplify and expedite the development of IoT

A hot new concept and enthusiasm are not enough to ensure a successful business. It requires steady research and development and lots of practice. And it needs more support from the upstream solution providers. Avnet is dedicating itself to providing

Robots, reimagined.

The era of cobots has dawned. Having a robot like C-3PO from Star Wars to keep you company may not be possible in the foreseeable future. However, having a cobot prepare your daily bento box may soon become a part of the “new normal.”

Decreasing Time to Design in the Industrial Internet of Things

The huge potential for innovation in industrial IoT (IIoT) offers the promise of significant productivity gains, operational efficiency and bottom line revenue increases, but only if it’s enabled by a supply chain based on reliability, stability an

We’re All Part of the Automotive Evolution

ADAS (Advanced Drive Assist Systems) and its evolution into full autonomy could see the end of road-based fatalities, injuries and incidents. Technology is now providing the solutions that can help the automotive industry achieve Vision Zero within

Don’t get caught in proof of concept purgatory

Here are the 5 classic signs you are in PoC purgatory.

Who provides the “hard” support behind Microsoft’s Azure Sphere IoT security platform?

Two years after its official release, Azure Sphere, Microsoft’s IoT high-security application service development platform, was launched for commercialization in February 2020.

LEDs and Their Rapidly Changing Form Factor

From street lamps to industrial applications, LED use goes well beyond screwing an LED light into a desk lamp. Historically, retrofit LEDs have often emulated the form factor of the lamps they were replacing.

Specialists vs. end-to-end partners: the pros and cons for developers

Getting a product to market requires more than just the right idea; it also needs the right partner.

Wearable product plays a key role in IoT

Just as its name implies, Internet of Things (IoT), is a kind of Internet among connected things. This can be interpreted by breaking it down into two parts. The first is ‘Internet’. In other words, the Internet is still the core and foundation o

Making sense out of sensors

If creators still don’t think that sensors are getting the attention they deserve now, then there really is no limit to where the IoT can go.

How to Turn IoT Insights into Action

While an IoT platform can generate a lot of insight, you don’t improve your organization’s efficiency, increase customer satisfaction, or open a new business opportunity without applying it.

Video Doorbells: Big Business in a Small “Cat’s Eye”

Home security has always been one of the primary focuses in a smart home. It is no surprise that home security cameras have become one of the hottest market trends over the past few years. But what will be the next up and coming product? From the loo

Will Smart Homes Become the Next Fulcrum for the NFC Market after Mobile Payment?

Engendered in 2002, near-field communication (NFC) stands out from among other wireless connection technologies. With an operating frequency of 13.56 MHz, maximum speed of 848 kbps and typical communication distance of 10 cm, it is a safer and more c

The Art of Creating IoT Insights

One of the biggest opportunities created by the Internet of Things (IoT) is the ability to use data to generate surprising new insights that guide you to act.

Avnet and Microsoft Azure Sphere: IoT security in hardware, software and at the edge

IoT has transformed various industries by automating them at large, but the security concerns associated are just as large as the market opportunity this technology presents. That’s where Azure Sphere comes in.

Reimagining the ‘things’ of IoT

While our collective vision for IoT’s impact on the future is grand in scale, it is still too easy for companies to get distracted by the minutiae of our present day IoT challenges.

How AI-powered virtual assistants can transform healthcare

We have witnessed a paradigm shift in the way patients are being treated by the doctors with the help of AI and machine learning.

The rise of machine intelligence in the AI era

Whether you know it or not, this technology has a lot of potential to deal with business-specific challenges and the benefits of deep learning outnumber its drawbacks.

4 ways AI connects retailers and customers

Technologies like machine learning and AI help retailers to process massive amounts of customer data. And with this data in hand, retailers can thoroughly understand their customers’ buying behavior.

How leading manufacturing companies are reaping various benefits of AI

Manufacturing companies are applying AI-powered analytics for multiple use cases, such as, cutting unplanned downtime, better product designing, increasing product quality, ensuring employee safety, and many more.

4 ways AI connects retailers and customers

Technologies like machine learning and AI help retailers to process massive amounts of customer data. And with this data in hand, retailers can thoroughly understand their customers’ buying behavior.

The Car: A Rolling Smart Device

Be it for streaming your favorite music, sending emails or getting real-time information on traffic jams: cars have long since played host to mobile internet—and will continue to via diagnostics, hotspots and ADAS.

Will the smart speaker market cool off?

The news at the start of this year that Tencent had suspended its smart speaker project ‘Tingting’ sent chills down the spines of many. What’s more, statistics show that half of the 50 Chinese companies that had invested in smart speakers when

Our Top Takeaways from CES 2019

More than 180,000 people flocked to Las Vegas for CES, where Avnet debuted IoT and AI products as well as showed the expertise within our global ecosystem.

AGI, artificial general intelligence, the AI bubble and more: Q&A with Toby Walsh

We sat down with "rock start of AI" Toby Walsh to talk about the buzz around AI, how far true intelligence really is and how to operationalize AI today for benefits in your business tomorrow.