IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

New Research Predicts AR Spending to Surpass $48.6 Billion By 2025 

WINNIPEG, Canada  – According to a new study, Augmented Reality is expected to grow 18-fold over the next four years from $2.7 billion in 2021 to $48.6 billion in 2025. The survey was commissioned by Librestream and done by IDC. “AR is a key way that C-suites are achieving transformation at scale,” said Andrea Minonne,

By |2021-10-04T20:37:41-04:00October 4th, 2021|IoT|

Northeastern Michigan To Get Fiber Broadband With Help Of Merit Network

ALPENA -  Gigabit speed internet service will soon be available in Northeastern Michigan from Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op, a multiyear phased fiber-to-the-home network project, providing access to Internet and voice services to 30,000-plus homes and businesses across its northeast Michigan. This includes Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Presque Isle and portions of Alcona, Emmet, Mackinac,

By |2021-10-03T17:02:08-04:00October 3rd, 2021|Featured, IoT|

Black Friday Shopping Might Be Too Late Thanks To Shipping Delays

SAN FRANCISCO - The school year just started, Halloween is coming and Thanksgiving plans are still up in the air. We get it. Your hands are full. Still, consider ordering your year-end gifts now if they're an important part of your holidays. Gifts you buy online on Black Friday might not have enough time to arrive by

By |2021-09-25T10:44:05-04:00September 25th, 2021|IoT, News|

Chipmakers To Carmakers: Time To Get Out Of The Semiconductor Stone Age

DETROIT -When it comes to the electronic circuits that power our everyday lives, the automobile is simultaneously the world’s most expensive consumer good and the one that runs on the cheapest possible semiconductor chips. Moore’s law of ever-increasing miniaturization seemingly never reached the automotive industry. Dozens of chips found in everything from electronic brake systems

By |2022-07-26T14:06:22-04:00September 20th, 2021|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, IoT|

Shaping New Generation Of Innovators For 4th Industrial Revolution

DETROIT - The world around us is changing at blistering speed. Welcome to the ‘Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’. We are smack dab in the middle of incredible changes that are causing our physical, digital, and biological worlds to merge. In this vastly altered reality, age-old rules no longer apply, especially when it

By |2021-09-19T13:03:38-04:00September 19th, 2021|Industry 4.0, IoT|

IoT.2: A New Trend In The World Of Internet Of Everything

DETROIT - There’s a new trend in the IoT space, and it’s called IoT.2. If you haven’t experienced it yet, here’s what’s happening. IoT Space Since the arrival of the term “IoT” and the switch from the M2M mindset to the IoT mindset, forward-thinking companies have raced to be first to market with “industry disruptive” or “transformative”

By |2021-09-07T19:18:27-04:00September 7th, 2021|5th Generation Mobile Network 5G, IoT|

JD Power: Smartphone Connectivity Now Biggest Auto Quality Headache

  TROY—A balky transmission? Poor fit and finish? Nope. The automotive quality analysis firm J.D. Power’s latest U.S. Initial Quality Study found that smartphone connections are now the No. 1 quality complaint with new cars. Overall, new vehicle quality improved 2% from 2020 to 2021, the survey found. This is slightly lower than the average

By |2021-09-14T08:45:14-04:00September 7th, 2021|5th Generation Mobile Network 5G, IoT|

Quintree, C2Dx Partner To Launch Telemedicine To Integrate With Providers’ Current Equipment

KALAMAZOO—C2Dx Inc., a medical device company, announced a partnership with another Michigan startup, Farmington Hills-based Quintree. Quintree claims to be the first telemedicine platform that integrates with existing diagnostic equipment. It was created by Dr. Adam Folbe, a practicing ear, nose, and throat doctor, and Sandy Kronenberg, an IT expert and entrepreneur, with the mission to drive higher efficiencies

By |2021-09-07T18:30:46-04:00September 7th, 2021|IoT, Life Sciences|

Saginaw Township Needs Resident Survey Participation to Assist in Broadband Internet Expansion Efforts

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP – Merit Network is working with Saginaw Township by asking residents and business to fill out a survey that will demonstrate broadband need for the federal government. In some areas of Saginaw Township, high-speed Internet is not available, expensive, or unreliable. In order to bridge this “digital divide,” Saginaw Township needs to gain

By |2021-08-28T17:22:35-04:00August 28th, 2021|IoT|

A Simple Crystal Could Finally Give Us Large-Scale Quantum Computing, Scientists Say

DETROIT - Vaccine and drug development, artificial intelligence, transport and logistics, climate science - these are all areas that stand to be transformed by the development of a full-scale quantum computer. And there has been explosive growth in quantum computing investment over the past decade. Yet current quantum processors are relatively small in scale, with fewer than 100 qubits - the basic

By |2021-08-21T17:51:52-04:00August 21st, 2021|IoT|