Sensors as Teenagers

In the Cisco Blog:  An excellent piece by Bill Franks of Teradata.  See his book I reviewed here: Taming the Big Data Tidal Wave.  About the Internet of the things and how it will operate, and about the information it will generate.   Some excellent points, good read.  " ... The primary issue for you to consider isn’t the way that our things will communicate directly to us the important facts they find. Rather, it is how they will communicate to each other as they identify those important facts. The connected things may very well end up being much more like a gaggle of teenagers than anything else. By that, I mean that they may chatter on incessantly about topics that few others find remotely interesting or important. Just as we grownups filter out the giggling teens at the mall, we will also have to filter out much of the chatter generated by our things. ... " 

Brain to Brain Connections

This progress at the U of Washington implies more. Once you can establish a brain to brain connection, you can also connect a brain to Internet to brain connection.  An Internet of brains?  Includes a video. The implications?   " ... “The Internet was a way to connect computers, and now it can be a way to connect brains,” Stocco said. “We want to take the knowledge of a brain and transmit it directly from brain to brain.”  The researchers captured the full demonstration on video recorded in both labs. The following version has been edited for length. This video and high-resolution photos also are available on the research website. ... " 

Advances in Tagging

In GigaOM:  Tagging is a long time interest. Costs and power requirements have always been an issue.  This also relates to an internet of things, where simply finding a physical thing can be a first step  Note also the use of crowd sourcing.

" ... Ever since Bluetooth Low Energy chips emerged, a growing number of object tagging and tracking services have sprouted up to take advantage of the technology’s potential as a proximity-based sensor. Innova Technology is one of those companies, but starting this week it’s offering a twist to its new Protag Elite devices.

In addition to using Bluetooth LE as a kind of radar to keep track of your valuables, Protag now has new crowd collaboration features into its apps so strangers can help you find your stuff if it gets lost. On Wednesday Innova plans to kick off an Indiegogo campaign to raise $100,000 for the new credit-card-sized Elite tag, which will eventually incorporate these new features. The first 1,000 backers can get its rechargeable device for $29.... " 

Encouraging the Internet of Things

Gartner Encourages early Adopters. Internet of things has long been developed.  Now it is getting closer.   " ... Emerging connected devices and the "Internet of Things" will offer opportunities for executives looking to bolster their companies' bottom lines, analysts say. According to Gartner's Stephen Prentice, the real-time information provided by the consumerization of IT, coupled with next-generation analytics, will reveal "untapped business opportunities" in manufacturing, deployment and sales and will give IT leaders additional insights
 ...  ... Gartner claims IT leaders that get to grips with IoT early will be best placed to take advantage of emerging business opportunities.

CIOs are being encouraged to develop a better understanding of the Internet of Things (IoT) now, so they will be well-placed to take advantage of the anticipated economic benefits it will bring. ... " 

Infrastructure Performance Management

Not a concept I had ever thought about, but as we continue to pump more data and device interactions across an Internet of Things, may become crucial.  In CWworld.

Preparing for the Internet of Things

Microsoft Preparing for the Internet of Things.  An intriguing development.  First I have seen by a major operating system developer.  " ... The Internet of Things has steadily been gaining momentum, as more and more objects become networked. Over the past week alone, Microsoft has released a Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry preview and AT&T has said it will invest in two foundry facilities to design and build prototypes of new, machine-to-machine apps. ... " 

Foundation of the Internet of Things

In E-Commerce Times:   Interesting idea, but how do we get all the things to work together?   Where are the standards to make it work?    Also good mention of how analytics can link into this same interoperable world. " ... The Internet of Things is coming, but so far it's a fragmented mess. In order for it to work the way it's envisioned, some coopetition may be in order. The business models that reward innovation, that are open, and that are fully interoperable at all levels are the ones that will be successful. The Internet of Things will come into being only when the interoperability challenges are conquered. .. " 

Welcome to Complex Event Processing

Thinking about real time processing.    Getting more important every day.  We addressed this for complex high speed manufacturing lines.  Linking advanced analytics methods to rare failure processes using simulation techniques.  This article is a good introductory view.  Especially with regard to the companies now investing in CEP strategies:  " ... Big Data Reboots Real-Time Analysis ... Why did Software AG buy Apama and Tibco buy StreamBase? Perhaps the Internet of Things is giving complex event processing a second chance. 
You hear so much about "real-time" performance, you would think it's a pervasive capability. The fact is, real real-time analytic performance, as in millisecond-latency analysis of data in movement, isn't all that common. That's why the acquisitions of Apama and StreamBase, complex event processing (CEP) technologies purchased last week by SoftwareAG and Tibco, respectively, kind of stood out. ... " 

Networked Things

A good overview of the current state of the network of things.  Which points back to our own experiments with networked refrigerators, in that nexus of the modern home, the kitchen.   A talk by Bill Joy inspired us to take closer look.   Now it seems the future is very close.  " ... Well over a decade ago, Bill Joy was mocked for talking about a future that included network-enabled refrigerators. That was both unfair and unproductive, and since then, I’ve been interested in a related game: take the most unlikely household product you can and figure out what you could do if it were network-enabled. That might have been a futuristic exercise in 1998, but the future is here. Now. And there are few reasons we couldn’t have had that future back then, if we’d have the vision.... "