Ben Dickson

As the Internet of Things evolves toward becoming one of the fastest expanding sectors in the tech industry, a lot of focus is being given to greenfield development, the process of creating new devices from scratch. The greater potential lies in ...

How to facilitate the path to brownfield IoT development

This entry was posted in Column Gadgets Internet of Things IoT TC on November 5, 2016 by Ben Dickson

The transportation industry is associated with high maintenance costs, disasters, accidents, injuries and loss of life. Hundreds of thousands of people across the world are losing their lives to car accidents and road disasters every year. Hopefu...

How IoT and machine learning can make our roads safer

This entry was posted in Column Gadgets hardware Internet of Things IoT machine learning TC Transportation on July 13, 2016 by Ben Dickson

brokenchain — Imagine a washer that autonomously contacts suppliers and places orders when it’s low on detergent, performs self-service and maintenance, and schedules its cycles to take advantage of electricity prices; a connected car, smart enough to find and choose the best deal for parts and services; a manufacturing plant where the machinery knows when to order repairs for some of its parts… Read More

Imagine a washer that autonomously contacts suppliers and places orders when it’s low on detergent, performs self-service and maintenance, and schedules its cycles to take advantage of electricity prices; a connected car, smart enough to find and choose the best deal for parts and services; a manufacturing plant where the machinery knows when to order repairs for some of its parts… Read More

Decentralizing IoT networks through blockchain

This entry was posted in Column Gadgets Internet of Things IoT TC on June 28, 2016 by Ben Dickson

IoTgraph — The Internet of Things genie is out of the bottle and growing at an accelerating pace. According to Gartner, 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from 2015. This number will soar to more than 20 billion by 2020. Here are some of the changes we’ll face as IoT becomes more ingrained in our lives — and how the tech community is getting prepared… Read More

The Internet of Things genie is out of the bottle and growing at an accelerating pace. According to Gartner, 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from 2015. This number will soar to more than 20 billion by 2020. Here are some of the changes we’ll face as IoT becomes more ingrained in our lives — and how the tech community is getting prepared… Read More

The implications of large IoT ecosystems

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence Column Gadgets Internet of Things IoT machine learning TC on June 22, 2016 by Ben Dickson

Computers and mobile devices running rich operating systems have a plethora of security solutions and encryption protocols from which to choose that can protect them against the multitude of threats they face as soon as they become connected to t...

How IoT security can benefit from machine learning

This entry was posted in Column cybersecurity Gadgets Internet of Things IoT machine learning TC on April 22, 2016 by Ben Dickson

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tech industry. Yet the way IoT is evolving raises serious concerns: There are too many complexities, moving parts, diversities and competing trends and technologies that mu...