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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. These systems can broaden operational efficiencies and improve public and road safety.

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Healthcare Paradigm Shift: Emphasis on Outpatient Care

Tom Spencer

Reduced fixed costs: Outpatient facilities cost less to build than a hospital and, with no overnight stays and limited operations on the weekends, operational costs are lower as well. Thoughtfully located outpatient centers have the potential to attract a large number of new patients. Adding Telehealth Opportunities.

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NSA Hacks Into SIM Card Makers Giving US and UK Criminals Access to Millions of Cell Phones

MishTalk

The hack was perpetrated by a joint unit consisting of operatives from the NSA and its British counterpart Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ. Among its clients are AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and some 450 wireless network providers around the world. It’s unbelievable. says the ACLU’s Soghoian.

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

MishTalk

Moreover, driverless truck convoys will be safer and more fuel efficient than human-driven trucks. " The fuel savings witnessed by trucks in a platoon has a significant impact on the operating profits of the operator, not to mention the environmental impact of reduced CO2 and emissions.” It now seems very likely, if not a given.

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3 Kinds of Jobs That Will Thrive as Automation Advances

Harvard Business

And it’s not just low skilled, manual labor that’s at risk — “knowledge” work like operational analytics and marketing is also being taken over by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms. But other changes are also afoot, changes that could allow the human dimension of work to become more important.

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

Tucson''s $196 million Sun Link Streetcar Project, recently named the Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association, will operate on a 3.9-mile which announced last month that it had selected a vendor to operate and maintain its planned two-mile downtown streetcar line. will open its $135 million, 2.4-mile

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Hospitals Are Dramatically Overpaying for Their Technology

Harvard Business

It’s a similar situation for much of the data that is fed from wireless monitors of patients’ heart rate, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, and breathing rate: This data doesn’t link to the medical record. Yet at one of our hospitals, that data is unusable — it’s in a format that our system cannot read.

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