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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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Meet "OSHbot" Lowes New Store Helper; Goodbye Retail Associates, Hello Robots

MishTalk

Meet "OSHbot" OSHbot is the newest member of the " Fellow Robots " family, and developed in partnership with Lowes Innovation Labs. OSHbot'' to debut in San Jose OSHbot Video The following video explains everything you need to know. Not even the most knowledgeable human clerk can do that. It''s well worth a play.

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Zoom phone vs Ring Central: Pros & Cons from our CTO

Kraft Kennedy

Headsets are half the cost of a handset, even the wireless, noise-cancellation variety. Starting with voicemail messages sent via email, the integration has grown to chat/presence, video conferencing, virtual whiteboard, and even beyond when you think about a Microsoft Teams solution. Chris Owens. Kraft Kennedy.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

But let’s imagine that you are ready to video or phone chat with your doctor, recognizing the convenience of never having to leave your house or wait in a waiting room. A showcase for this has been the Parkinson App developed by researchers at the University of Rochester. Consider the power of mobile devices in such loops.

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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. There’s a lot more predictability there.”

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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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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business

But what if the company’s goal was never to unleash the disrupter itself so much as to encourage incumbent broadband providers to do so, helping Google’s expansion in adjacent markets such as video and emerging markets including smart homes? Seen through that lens, Google Fiber succeeded wildly.