Clips - By Postscapes

News and resources from around an Internet of Things world. #IoT

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http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2014.pdf

*Global Risks Landscape 2014 from the World Economic Forum

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Who Will Win Connected Product of 2013?

If you had to pick your top IoT product what would it be? Nest? Mother? What about in wearables? The Nymi? This is exactly what Denver-based Postscapes hopes to discover in their Internet of Things awards.  

Postscapes, a leading voice in the world of IoT, have opened up voting for their IoT awards which are now in their third year. There are twelve categories in total covering anything from Connected Home Product, to Connected Body Product along with Startup of the Year. And they want your input to pick the winners. 

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The 4D Digital Smart City Presentation

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"However, we are still going through the process of creating a shared understanding of Smarter Cities between all of those disciplines; and of communicating that understanding to the world at large. In the conversations taking place today as we try to do that, here are five of the most common challenges that I encounter to the idea of Smarter Cities; and why I think those challenges are based on misconceptions of how we actually go about building them."

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The current report does not include Big Data as a separate technology. Mr. Chui explained that the Big Data tools are coming to be a foundation technology for several of the 12 categories, including automation of knowledge work, advanced robotics, next-generation genomics, and Internet of Things, which involves embedding sensors, smart software and communications capability into machines and other physical objects. (via McKinsey: The $33 Trillion Technology Payoff - NYTimes.com)

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"We're finding incredible savings," said Probst, citing consistent reductions in energy consumption of between 10 to 20 percent in less than two years. Probst also noted that M2M can produce efficiencies within a building's operations that even the best engineers cannot replicate."

M2M's 'huge leap forward' on energy savings | GreenBiz.com

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Corporations and governments are turning the internet into a colossal, always-on surveillance tool. Once passive objects are able to report what's happening, where is the power balance?

Will giving the internet eyes and ears mean the end of privacy? | Guardian.co.uk

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In this episode of the Radar podcast series, Jon Bruner and I are joined by Mike Loukides as we muse more on software and the physical world.

Software and the physical world - O'Reilly Radar

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"If the internet of things is going to expand as some enthusiasts predict, ultimately comprising trillions of objects and encompassing entire cities, practical experiments like the one at Google I/O will be invaluable."

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