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Top 5 Tech Trends in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) promise to enhance vehicle safety by helping to simplify the driving process, reducing sources of driver distraction and inattention that often lead to accidents. With ADAS support, drivers and their passenge

Harnessing the power of IoT: Microsoft’s unique approach

Little could this now-famous British serial entrepreneur have known in 1999 that the name he chose to define his approach for using RFID in P&G’s supply chain would top Gartner’s 2015 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies report.

LED Lighting Drives Efficiency & Control

According to recent Energy Star publications, LED-based lighting can use 75% less energy than incandescent lighting. This can dramatically cut energy costs in large installations.

Top 5 Myths in Automotive Vision: Designing Embedded Vision Systems Is Easier Than You Think

Vision has always occupied a special place in information science and popular culture. One does not need to be an engineer to appreciate the vast bandwidth available in normal human vision. Most people understand that the common saying “a picture i

Standout Product Keeps Employees from Sitting Too Much

You’ve probably heard in the news lately how unhealthy sitting can be. According to WebMD, sitting for long hours has been linked to mental health problems, obesity, death from heart disease and cancer, and other conditions.

Technologies and Components for Designing Electric Vehicles

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) such as the Toyota Prius and the Chevy Volt and electric vehicles (EVs) such as the Nissan Leaf, BMW i3 and Tesla Model S are growing in popularity amid concern for global warming.

Red Hat and Eurotech Partnership: Paving Way for End-to-End Architecture for IoT

Red Hat Inc., in its March 2016 press release, announced its collaboration with Eurotech, a leading M2M and IoT solution provider based out of Italy.

How Retailers are Using Location Awareness Technology to Track Buyers’ Habits

Location tracking has been in use for a lot longer than one may expect. For example, military Special Forces and intelligence organizations have been using trackers and tracers for decades.

Powering the Internet of Things via Energy Harvesting

The push is on to add Internet capability to everything—often called the Internet of Things (IoT)—and the challenge for design engineers is to figure out how to power each of these IoT nodes.

IoT: More Than Just Cool Technology

I can’t remember the last time I read an article about the Internet of Things (IoT) that didn’t start with market projections about the phenomenal number of devices that will be enabled in the next five to 10 years.

The Internet of Slacks? IoT and Smart Clothing

When you think of wearable technology you probably think about those fitness trackers that you wear on your wrist. What you probably don’t think about is your shirt, your pants or even your socks.

Insurance and the Internet of Things

It’s one of those things you only think about when you need it. Insurance. It’s our safety net for so many important parts of out lives and can sometimes be the key to a quick recovery – both physically and financially.

The Internet of Things Pushes the Possibilities Offered by Big Data

The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) encompasses things as tangible as a light switch, things as ethereal as a cloud, and all things in-between.

The Internet of Things is Driving The Internet of Autos

In the early 1900s Henry Ford made the automobile affordable and accessible. But what he really did was offer people connection. Rural residents could connect with more urban areas to sell crops and buy supplies.

Risky Business: IoT’s Impact on Insurance

Risky Business: IoT’s Impact on Insurance By Steve Gereb August 25, 2016. I enjoy reading about how the data collected by Intelligent Systems will help people live better lives.

Monitoring Impact Levels in Sports

Concussion, also known as mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), is a very serious topic in the world of sports today.

The Internet of Things at Cruising Altitude: Airlines and the IoT

What are your thoughts when you step onto an airplane? “Where’s my seat?” “Is this a Wi-Fi flight?” “I hope I make my connection.”

New TFT LCD Technology Shape Infotainment for Cars of the Future

Although the technology has been around since the 1990s, the use of thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal displays (TFT LCDs) is on the rise in automobiles.

Wearables: Tracking, Computing and Making Sense of Context Awareness

Wearable devices are moving quickly from concept to reality based on evolving technologies such as sensor fusion, communications and vision. Wearables have evolved to become perceptually aware agents that learn through users’ experiences, activitie

Study: Digital Intelligence Driving Massive Business Transformation

The Internet of Things (IoT) is widely regarded as the next revolution in technology. Cisco predicts that by 2020, there will be 50 billion things connected to the Internet, generating revenues of $19 trillion.

The Internet of Everything is Here…or Is It?

The next great age of technology is the Internet of Things (IoT), if, that is, you believe everything you read on the Internet.

The Internet of Things Has Thumbs – And They’re Green

It’s no surprise that technology, data and intelligent systems are transforming industrial agriculture.

Mobile Asset Tracking With Bing Maps: Keeping Your Fleet Fleet

You can have a fleet of things, like vehicles. Or you can be fleet, as in fast. OR, in the case of transportation logistics, it could mean both.

Microsoft and GE Partnership to Make Industrial IoT More Accessible to Businesses

General Electric (GE) and Microsoft Corporation recently announced the beginning of a new alliance. The technology collaboration will make available GE’s Predix platform for Industrial Internet on the Microsoft Azure cloud for industrial businesses

Maps For Your Business: It's More Than You Think

If you run a business, then you want to be found. It seems like a no-brainer right? Customers have to be able to find your store to be able to make a purchase. So you put your address and a map of your locations on your website.

Mapping For Senior Care: The Potential of Bing Maps In A Growing Industry

It’s hard to admit it, but we’re all getting old. With the huge population of Baby Boomers all entering their senior years, the number of senior Americans is higher than it’s ever been.

The story of Braster

Braster S.A. is a Poland-based company founded by scientists with a mission – to save lives by giving women an easier, more effective and more comfortable way to conduct breast self-examinations at home

Not Your Father’s Billboards – Bing Maps Brings The Out-Of-Home Industry Into the Digital Age

When you hear the words “Outdoor Advertising” you might think of dusty highway billboards and smiling realtors on bus stop benches. 20 years ago, that was probably pretty close to accurate. Today, it’s a different story.

Going Up? Elevators, Windows 10 And The Internet Of Things

People are excited about the Internet of Things for a variety of reasons. It’s already made us more connected. And as more and more things are connected, a number of industries are poised to become faster, more efficient and more reliable.

The story of Ubicquia

Ubicquia is making cities across the globe smarter with Kairo, a customizable, light pole-based router that takes advantage of existing city infrastructure.