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Everyone is incorporating sustainability into their lives in one way or another. As for domestic sustainability, everybody’s thoughts turn to solar panels. The post Are Solar Panels Still the Future of Domestic Sustainability? appeared first on At Home in the Future . from At Home in the Future https://athomeinthefuture.com/2022/05/solar-panels-future-domestic-sustainability/ via IFTTT

IDC says India smartphone shipments declined for the third consecutive quarter in 1Q22. The post Fact of the Day – 5/18/2022 appeared first on Connected World . from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/fact-of-the-day-5-18-2022/ via IFTTT

The world is not flat. A jobsite is not flat, either. Taking a single photo of a jobsite gives you a two-dimensional display of a three-dimensional reality. When you go on that site, you can look around and see front, back, and sideways. So why can’t you image that way? The COVID-19 pandemic has driven AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) professionals to adopt new technologies to keep projects on track with many people working remotely. Technology has become the best way to stay a step ahead in an increasingly digital world that has become the “new normal.” A survey, conducted by RICOH THETA and Dynata for AEC professionals, explored the usage of tech devices such as cameras, smartphones, and other platforms/software commonly used in AEC. One technology being quickly adopted by this professional set are 360-degree cameras – which, according to the survey, are owned or used by almost half of all respondents, with 79% of them utilizing the cameras for work. Technology ...

The past week and a half in the tech sphere has seen a lot of news, thanks in part to two conferences that shared several of the same days last week: Intel Vision 2022 and SAP Sapphire 2022. Both events are worth covering, thanks to many of the announcements’ broad implications for the IoT (Internet of Things) space. Check out some of the highlights from each conference here. First, Intel. One of the noteworthy discussions coming out of Intel Vision 2022 was the company’s IPU (infrastructure processing unit) roadmap, which outlines its IPU-related plans through 2026. This year, Intel says it’ll ship its first ASIC IPU, code named Mount Evans, as well as its second-generation FGPA IPU, code named Oak Springs Canyon, to service providers like Google , with broad deployment starting next year. Intel says Mount Evans is hyperscale-ready and offers high-performance network and storage virtualization offload along with a high degree of control. Oak Springs Canyon is customizable, program...

With an objective to improve people’s lives, the planet, and enable economic growth, efficient power operation and energy optimization are primary objectives for IoT (Internet of Things) products intended for many vertical markets including utilities, manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, construction, transportation, infrastructure, and more. In fact, the IoT device market is expected to grow to more than 24 billion devices by 2025 in both consumer and enterprise applications. A new whitepaper from MIPI Alliance , digs into this topic and identifies how product architects and designers can use a selected set of features to achieve these design goals. Let’s take a look. The whitepaper, titled Achieving Power Efficiency in IoT Devices, details how MIPI has developed the 13C specifications with technical attributes intended to support the key design. Recognizing that limited energy usage and lower power are primary concerns, it aims to help developers reach goals. The main purpose h...

Gartner says nearly half of finance executives see self-service data and analytics as a driver of employee productivity. The post Fact of the Day – 5/17/2022 appeared first on Connected World . from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/fact-of-the-day-5-17-2022/ via IFTTT

While new, greenfield smart cities are being planned and started in the Middle East, old cities in Europe are seeking ways to retrofit to be smarter, too. And when we say “old” we mean more than 1,000 years old. Noted as early as 1051 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the port city of Bristol in England was a critical trading and ship building center. Unfortunately, it was also known for less respectable trade: Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was allegedly born in the city in the 1700s. Like all cities, Bristol is undergoing a transformation. Today, it is becoming a model for another type of trade: trading legacy systems for climate-friendly ones. Ameresco, Ltd ., an integrator based in Framingham, Mass. that specializes in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has been selected as a partner in the  Bristol City Leap project , a 20-year program to decarbonize the city. City Leap has the potential to facilitate a major change by use of real time data,...