Peggy Smedley Show

Saifur Rahman, founding director, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, says that in order to make buildings healthy, there must be an understanding of how to better use energy as opposed to just aiming for more efficiency. He explains that building owners must be aware of energy and carbon level changes that may occur during retrofitting that may impact inhabitants.

Peggy Smedley takes a look at the development of smart-grid awareness and standards overseas. She says that piecing different standards together will not hold up for the future and explains that different utility equipment must be able to cooperate with one another with ease.

Joshua Peschel, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, discusses how human-robot interactions are emerging within municipalities and other utility systems. He explains how we will grow accustomed to using robots like the way we use appliances.

Peter Martin, vice president of innovation and marketing, Schneider Electric, says the IoT is often being overlooked by industrial organizations that are having difficulties incorporating it with automation. He points out that it is up to energy and utility providers to step up and be the ones to drive change within the industry.

James Scott, senior fellow and cofounder, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, discusses why healthcare, energy, and financial sectors remain vulnerable areas in critical infrastructure. He says reform is needed within the IoT to protect the use of metadata as a means to weaken American critical infrastructure.

Peggy Smedley explains how power operations and the ability to monitor potential outages are driving factors in smart-grid adoption. As energy use is set to increase drastically, she looks at how the IoT will enable smart grids to be more transparent by isolating incidents remotely and automatically igniting the restoration process.

Shay Bahramirad, vice president of new initiatives, IEEE, and director of distribution system planning, smart grid, and innovation, ComEd, explains why a collaboration between customers, businesses, governments, and municipalities is important for the development of smart utility solutions for major cities. She points out that interoperability and security present technical challenges to the devel...

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.