Industry IoT Consortium
Efficient Networking. IIC Connect is like match.com for industrial companies. The concept is simple: you enter your profile and a quick description of what might interest you. Then everyone looks at the profiles and requests meeting; you accept the ones you like. We have some software that does automated scheduling. Then you have 20-minute sessions with your “dates”. It’s fast, easy, efficient, and fun!... Read more →
The US power grid is a machine on a truly gigantic scale. And it is also inherently distributed and decentralized: there is no single central controlling authority, rather a set of connected, interacting organizations that make energy management decisions in their own scope but coordinate with each other. The power grid is also changing: from the radial model where the power generated in large power plants is distributed to consumers to a model where customers are both producers and consumers of energy. These properties make the power system a prime target for fog computing applications.... Read more →
Most people are aware of connected cars and should consider the changes that will come as trucking is connected as well. Autonomous trucking is coming, and just as containerization revolutionized shipping, automation of trucks will greatly change the trucking industry. ... Read more →