IoT Rapid Prototyping: Why Is It Necessary?
“Measure twice, cut once” is an axiom that comes straight from the classic woodworking trade. It means that careful planning helps to save additional work later on when irreversible actions have already been taken. In the IoT industry, this labor- and cost-saving practice almost always takes the form of prototyping. IoT prototyping is a way […]
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Integration Is the Key to a Successful IoT Implementation
Organizations of all kinds develop IoT solutions with one basic aim in mind: to collect data from various physical endpoints. This data collection from different devices enables those organizations to tap into new streams of information that were previously difficult or even impossible to capture. Especially in real time. Some types of data collection—remotely monitoring […]
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Benefits of using an IoT platform with Indoor Asset Tracking
The requirements of an enterprise solution, like an indoor asset tracking platform, can often vary greatly for different industries. Often times, generic turn-key solutions target an industry vertical, and offer features that are most common for that area of operation. For instance, an industrial asset tracking platform may focus on indoor forklift navigation as its […]
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Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring Go Hand in Hand
In the final week of March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic had definitively spread to the United States, the number of telehealth visits rose by 154% compared to the same period in 2019. Some organizations even saw spikes closer to 350%. That sudden surge makes sense in light of the circumstances, but it wasn’t just […]
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Enhance Machine Performance Through IoT-Enabled Monitoring and Automation
Thanks to capabilities like remote monitoring, IoT is opening up new opportunities for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Until recently, an OEM’s aftersales relationship with its customers was limited by visibility. The OEM would sell equipment and then perform maintenance on that purchased equipment according to a fixed schedule. If a mechanical or software issue arose […]
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Healthcare Asset Tracking and Indoor Hospital Navigation: A Mutual Development
Hospitals have been facing challenges to meet the public’s growing healthcare demands. Specialized professionals, expensive equipment, and separated building wings take time to acquire. As a result, doctors and surgeons are often needed in two places at once, equipment is sometimes shared, and security access separates various wings of many hospitals. All of these moving […]
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Why Remote Transportation Condition Monitoring Is Important to Your Business
The much-anticipated global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines drew fresh attention to a specialized branch of the transportation industry: cold chain logistics. Compared to ordinary supply chain logistics, cold chain, as its name suggests, is designed to preserve temperature-sensitive assets such as food, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Technologies like condition monitoring are used to ensure that environmental […]
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Asset Tracking, Now Possible For All Industries
Digital advancements in smart asset tracking have made sensors smaller, longer lasting, and less expensive than ever. This fact makes asset tracking solutions available to more businesses at any entry point. Real-time location systems (RTLS) give managers and employees visibility to physical assets that matter in the moment. There are untold practical benefits for a […]
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Remote Patient Care Is Here to Stay
The sudden and global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated several trends that were already in motion. In the enterprise, work-from-home (WFH) models and, in education, distance learning are just two examples of emergent shifts that rapidly picked up speed as the circumstances demanded. When it comes to healthcare, telehealth and remote patient monitoring are […]
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The Future of Senior Care
With the AARP’s findings that 75 percent of adults aged 50+ intend to stay in their own homes, a pressing concern for families and caregivers is how to maintain the delicate balance between independence and personal safety. Advancements in remote monitoring and personal emergency response systems (PERS) are making that possible. As a result, they’re […]
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