The annual Hanover Fair brands itself as the world’s leading manufacturing industry fair. Where better to take the pulse of the industry? So I spent my time gathering views from sector experts about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) in manufacturing. There is a
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“Anyone who wants to be 100% sure, will be 100% late.” I heard this sentence recently at the IoT Forum in Munich. It is a very good summary of the feeling that is emerging in the debate on Industry 4.0. The buzzword battles of the past 48 months seem to
The scale and scope of IoT deployments in smart cities is a wonder to behold. Of course there is far more to smart cities than just IoT, from sustainable transport right through to connected citizens. But there are a number of cities that are leaping ahead in the way that
Why Gartner is "wrong" and the Internet of things hype won’t drop. Internet of things, IoT, connected cars, Industry 4.0, Insurance 4.0, smart factories, smart homes, smart cities, smart police, smart banking, smart grid, smart … where will it end? If there’s one thing the Internet of things isn’t short
The term ‘fail fast’ always makes me cringe a bit. It sounds so negative. For most people, it is all about stopping things in their tracks, and not necessarily finding workarounds or solutions to problems. I’m not alone in my dislike of this term, either. Jeffrey Hayzlett, the author of