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Along with the Internet of Things (IoT) came an array of demands, most of us are only now beginning to understand. Power supply, monitoring of IoT infrastructures, data transmission protocols and formats are a few of those. Keep yourself informed on how the IoT Monitoring world is evolving and what news are relevant.
Smart buildings span a variety of industries, including office buildings, factories, shopping malls, hospitals, academic campuses, stadiums, airports, military bases, and residential buildings. The common factor in all these use cases is one: using digitalization to provide the best environment for humans. For this, the building receives sensors and IoT devices that start to control functions such as access to parking spaces, temperature, light, and humidity of different spaces, security of both physical and digital access, blocking or releasing turnstiles. For the building manager, the main goal is to optimize processes and reduce costs.
The industrial sector is one of the most relevant among those driving the Internet of Things (IoT) market. The so-called Internet of Industrial Things, or IIoT, has great potential to deliver a wide range of benefits to manufacturing organizations through real-time monitoring and data analysis, leading to potential cost savings and increased profits. And new use cases are expected to be driven by edge computing/cloud architectures and 5G networks, according to research from Reply. In addition to higher productivity and better quality control, a particularly interesting area of improvement has been in additive manufacturing, which relies on the partnership between IIoT and Artificial Intelligence to reduce material waste and consume less energy.
The global Indoor Location market size is expected to grow from $7.0 billion in 2021 to $19.7 billion in 2026, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.9% during the forecast period, according to Markets and Markets. Several factors will contribute to this: the Covid-19 pandemic, for example, has exploded interest in facilities management, virus tracking, people tracking and management, and smart quarantine. The growing integration of beacons into cameras, LED lighting, Point of Sale (PoS) devices, and digital signage; the proliferation of smartphones, connected devices, and location-based apps among customers; and the inefficiency of GPS technology in the indoor environment, too.
Qualcomm recently announced the Flight RB5 5G platform, which brings together Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities and long-range 5G and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The new solution helps accelerate the development of commercial, enterprise, and industrial drones. Flight RB5 5G, powered by the Qualcomm QRB5165 processor, builds on Qualcomm Technologies’ latest IoT offerings, providing a solution that will drive the next generation of high-performance, low-power 5G drones. The company said it was able to condense several complex technologies into an integrated, autonomous drone system that could be applied to a variety of new use cases in industries such as filming and entertainment, security and emergency, delivery, defense, inspection, and mapping, with its seven high-resolution cameras capable of operating simultaneously.
One of the most visible effects of the pandemic was noticed when busy commercial areas in large cities disappeared from the map. In a matter of days, millions of people around the world stopped commuting to their appointments and migrated from traditional work environments to carry out their professional tasks at home. In the specific case of large corporate buildings, shopping malls, and other real estate centers, what we saw was an avalanche of tenants struggling to pay their rents, shops closing their doors, and large companies flexibilities, perhaps even in definitive, remote work and consequently reducing the demand for physical space in their offices.
5G networks in the industrial IoT market could reach USD 15.7 billion by 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 79.1%, benefiting installations with higher transmission speeds, higher density of connected devices on the same network, and lower latency between received commands and performed actions.
Monitoring patients wherever they are and supervising their health status relentlessly is a pressing task. Inspired by this need, a group of companies recently presented a smart t-shirt with 5G connection and sensors embedded in the fabric that can capture and send real-time information about the user’s health conditions to care centers. Made of washable material without metal components, the T-shirt has biosensors capable of measuring vital signs, such as body temperature, heartbeat, respiratory rate, muscle effort, and sweat elements. The parameters are recorded in a miniaturized control unit and are converted to digital format, which can be transmitted to the user’s smartphone or smartwatch or to a remote center that will analyze the data using medical software.
