Smart Industry 2/2018

intelligent systems because they can
amplify the usefulness of a solution
by instilling deep insights, not apparent
to humans, into structured data
sets. As a result, IoT becomes the focal
point of a number of meta-trends
of the near future, namely ubiquitous
connectivity and ubiquitous
computing power, decentralized, in
the cloud and with data-processing
capabilities that puts everything previously
known to shame.
In this way, a simple tracker beacon
system in a store becomes an
Wipers make
weather forecasts
By capturing the data
of auto-wipers in cars,
manufacturers could
create the timeliest
weather forecasting
service ever.
analytics tool that delivers rich
information about customer journeys
and habits, the attractiveness
of certain product groups, and a
plethora of other information, for
a hardware cost of a few hundred
dollars. The combination of
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