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Rob van Kranenburg is the founder of the Internet of Things Council, which is now his key focus. His experience gives him an especially insightful perspective on our “connected future” — a future he is already playing a part in creating.

Equipment failure has been a burden on manufacturers’ shoulders for far too long. Never-ending repairs and emergencies have taken away enough of the equipment uptime and production efficiency, lowering profits and draining budgets. But fear no more: The end of failing equipment is nigh. Behold — Predictive Maintenance is here to help you optimize your business.

When you see the pace at which the Internet of Things is growing, it becomes obvious that the future is now. But the speed of change also presents a problem: the more devices that join the IoT, the more data gets pushed out, and processing all that data gets harder. So why not let the machine process the data for itself? By implementing Artificial Intelligence into the IoT, we’re doing just that.

Smart homes are a big trend right now. Those who are interested in tech innovations on average, definitely pay attention to smart homes in particular. The market of consumer-level devices is flourishing, developers run connected home projects for B2B and B2C fields – the possibilities are nearly endless. There are personal home assistants with intelligent answers, lights that turn on when you are near, even smart plates that advise you on your eating habits. Anything you need for a better and fun life is available on the market. To investigate the topic deeper, let’s take a look at the examples of smart devices. We will review them by rooms of your home, and examine both fun and practical ones.

More often companies apply industrial IoT automation best practices, AR for learning automation, VR solutions for the idea and design visualization, implement flexible automation solutions to enhance assembly lines and make them smart. Different businesses have diverse manufacturing challenges, and the aforementioned technological solutions are used in different ways.