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IoT Disruptions in 3 Industries and What You Can Learn From Them

Tom Spencer

The massive benefits seen in Australia from the development of digital technology include increased living standards, shrinking distances through telecommunications, improved efficiency for businesses and government, as well as a larger workforce. This allows farmers to better understand the condition of their crops and yields.

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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. I ended up traveling on a few projects with my friend Basel, an analyst who started the same day that I did. Okay, great. When did that moment happen for you?

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Healthcare Paradigm Shift: Emphasis on Outpatient Care

Tom Spencer

Telehealth involves using technologies such as videoconferencing, electronic monitoring, and wireless communications to address the health needs of patients. For healthcare executives it is therefore imperative that they develop a strategy that provides convenient and cost-efficient ambulatory care to their communities. Image: Pexels.

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Robot Truck Convoy Tests in Nevada; Driverless Trucks Before Cars, and Before the End of the Decade

MishTalk

The technology, developed by Peloton Tech, uses radar and a wireless link so that the following trucks travel at the same speed, braking simultaneously for safety, and doing so on an automated system that doesn''t have the delays of human reaction time. It now seems very likely, if not a given.

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How Digital Health Care Can Help Prevent Chronic Diseases Like Diabetes

Harvard Business

million adults in the United States with high blood sugar levels in danger of developing type 2 diabetes. One of the barriers to getting prediabetics to participate in these in-person programs is the time and expense required to travel to and attend them. In addition there are 84.1 Emphasis on outcomes.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

Vertical and horizontal expansion – Existing sharing economy services will expand to capture other parts of the sectors in which they already play through developing a broader range of services both horizontally (e.g. If Google can offer lower prices to customers, Uber may struggle to compete.

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

At the peak of streetcar travel in the mid-1920s, some 800 streetcars covering 200 miles of track carried 97 million passenger trips a year. The part of the puzzle that still needs development is the software. The goal is safer travel, fewer traffic delays, and a better understanding of how to automate vehicles.