Peggy Smedley Show

Brenna Berman, executive director of City Digital, UI Labs, talks about solutions that are helping cities to better manage the logistics and transportation of people, goods, vehicles, and much more. When it comes to pilot solutions, she explains the importance of staring off small, with the goal of solving bigger, complex problems.

Charlie Catlett, director, Urban Center for Computation and Data, and senior computer scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, discusses work being done by scientists and researchers to bring sensor technologies to major cities. In term of research, he talks about the challenges of bringing smart city ideas to life and taking into consideration the impact these solutions will have on the community.

Peggy Smedley looks at how developing nations are leveraging sensors to manage rising flood and precipitation levels that can cause extensive damage to infrastructure. She also talks about data taken by smart meters that can assess hand washing habits to allow for better water and sanitation practices.

Robi Sen, CIO, Department 13, says drones are a threat that is escaping the public attention. He says we have seen some pretty disturbing news items, and points to some specific examples of drone threats in Tokyo and the Middle East. He explains there is no way to constrain or control drones, and bad people will fly drones regardless.

Waqaas Al-Siddiq, cofounder and CEO, Biotricity, says physicians are burdened because there are too many patients, and not enough practitioners. He continues that physicians are inundated with information. He explains mobile cardiac telemetry is created to deal with risky patients. The doctor wants more data from these patients, and an intelligent device can respond.

Waqaas Al-Siddiq, cofounder and CEO, Biotricity, says we are at a precipice where the healthcare industry has to shift to survive, and the connected aspect of it is what is going to drive innovation and response. He explains some of the hurdles in healthcare are reimbursement, and the economics around it, and the regulatory component of it.

Peggy talks about a recently published "Industrial Internet Security Framework" from the Industrial Internet Consortium, and encourage listeners to take a look at the framework. She explains that the framework is part of a bigger movement to move the Internet of Things forward, and is proud of the industry for coming together. She says it is all about building a stronger community.

Peggy Smedley takes listeners to the future—the year 2035 to be exact—and paints a picture of how autonomous vehicles will fit into our society. She discusses the catalyst of this, the newly passed Self Drive Act bill, and how federal officials will reassess standards that auto manufacturers must abide by. 

Vin D'Agostino, VP strategic marketing and applications engineering, Renesas Electronics, says the emergence of smart cities will not mean a reconstruction of infrastructure, but instead mean that it must be integrated within existing structures. He offers up new examples of smart solution in parking garages and street lights.

Vin D'Agostino, VP strategic marketing and applications engineering, Renesas Electronics, explains as technology is changing so does the support structure needed to make it work. He says manufacturers are doing more business interactions within the social world to meet the demands of customers. 

Peggy Smedley talks about mobile solutions that enable patients in developing nations to virtually connect with physicians when they cannot leave their home. She says mHealth can even diagnose infectious diseases and perform ultrasounds from images and data shared via wireless and Wi-Fi connectivity.

James Carlini, president, Carlini & Associates, discusses how mission-critical solutions will become important in smart buildings and connected campuses. He says infrastructure must be built out to handle new networks that accommodate for new device and data traffic.

Magy Kramer, digital and technology marketing manager, Caterpillar, talks about how the IoT is enabling manufacturers to offer connected services and predictive analytics or maintenance solutions to improve the bottomline. She says this new business model for customers and dealers leads to a better relationship and better management of machine data.

Eric Hall, chief innovation officer, Site 1001, explains how operational continuity and streamlined processes are essential to the success of a smart building. He says the smartest buildings are often the ones that go unnoticed and says tools like BIM (building information modeling) are enabling more collaboration and data sharing on the construction of connected infrastructure.

Peggy Smedley talks about the potential for IoT in assisting developing nations in social and economic problems. She says these areas of the world will contribute greatly to development of IoT infrastructure to combat civil unrest, pollutions, and natural disasters, while improving areas such as healthcare and education.

Allen Proithis, president, Sigfox North America, talks about the benefits IoT data is bringing to the major enterprise and industrial segments. He says that although some bureaucratic friction still exists between the public and private sectors, once they find a way to come together, great work will be done.  

Joshua Peschel, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, discusses how using natural green materials and resources can help maintain water systems and other infrastructure needs in urban areas. He explains how these smart water systems will be funded and will be designed around public safety, transportation, and many other areas.

Galeal Zino, founder, NetFoundry, explains how Industry 4.0 is helping extend fragmented manufacturing and infrastructure systems to become more secure. He explains how the application and networking environments are separate, but they must be brought together with the help of automation and IoT.

Peggy Smedley talks about how vehicle-to-infrastructure solutions will send critical traffic and safety information directly to individual drivers. She examines new research exploring the benefits of these solutions and questions who will fund them and who will be held responsible in the event of a system's failure.

Max Cacheux, SVP sales & development, Mobiliya, gives his thoughts on why artificial intelligence, edge analytics, and virtual reality have emerged as the top three trends set to provide the most value to industrial manufacturers. He says a bigger network of sensors, protocols, and endpoints that come from different sources create more gaps in security that manufacturers must be aware of today.

Daniel Cobb, CEO, Daniel Brian Advertising, explains how the manufacturing industry is going through a new shift that is forcing companies to adopt IoT solutions or become doomed to fail. He discusses how manufacturing is approaching smart products with changing consumer patterns and addresses how artificial intelligence is helping manage big data obtained from these new markets.

Pavan Mathew, director, automotive business development, Insurance, LexisNexis and Bryan Arnett, senior manager, telematics & accessory planning, Mitsubishi Motors North America, discuss assessing driver risks and habit scores that can be given back to insurers to create appropriate premiums. They examine how their new partnership will improve the ownership experience through interactive solutions...

Peggy Smedley looks at how advancements in technology designed for the supply chain is making its way to major retail stores. She says new solutions are altering how and why we buy, and then looks at new investments being made in sensors to track inventory and customer habits.

Nitesh Arora, marketing leader, Cloudleaf, discusses the use of sensor fabrics to enable the end-to-end aspect of IoT and aggregate information from its environment in realtime. He says that new solutions in asset tracking and workflow processes can solve the problem of having data trapped on multiple systems.

Justin Hogue, professional engineer, VP of business development, LEC, talks about the growth of the industrial IoT and how it has allowed manufacturers of achieve better reporting, security, and bottomlines. He addresses how a facilitating approach to the IoT can help remove the gaps or barriers associated with initial integration.