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Buy, build, rent, gig? The “gig economy” has taken over in many areas as people respond from the last years of lockdowns and social distancing by abandoning office jobs for self-employment. The classic, of course, is the Uber and Lyft drivers who respond to notices on their smartphone apps and pick up and deliver people, food, and many other legal items. What was once a fringe economy casually referred to as freelancing has become a major employer of independent-minded people. Got a car and need some extra money? Pickup the app and pick up people, no taxi license needed (in most locations). Combine the gig worker with a growing industry that competes for attention in the package delivery arena, and you have a potential for success. Three years ago, when Barry Alexander first brainstormed the idea of creating an Uber-like app for businesses and ordinary folks to order services of UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle, better known as drones], the global economy was running smoothly. The U.S. drone industry was growing at a rapid rate. Today, America is still managing the damaging delays brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic that has taken its toll on all industries, including the commercial drone sector. The Connecticut-based drone services provider, AD (Aquiline Drones Corp.), has launched an introductory version of the original app that they hope will disrupt and revolutionize the way business owners and consumers access and utilize drone services. Patterned after Uber and Lyft, the ADoD (Aquiline Drone-on-Demand) app is now available for downloads on all mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets through Google Play Store and Apple IOS. Here’s how it works:
The job request is vetted for legality and practicality, then matched with a certified and trained DSP (drone service provider), the majority of whom are graduates of Aquiline’s Flight-to-the-Future drone pilot training academy. These DSPs live in the vicinity of the customer’s location and can perform the service. With this beta launch, customers can get their requests completed within 30 days. Over time, the period from job request to execution will be significantly shortened to become true ‘on-demand.’ When the drone-on-demand app was first conceived it was with the understanding that the UAV regulatory environment would allow for scalability and mass adoption of drone delivery services. As Alexander admits, “Unfortunately, the drone industry was hard hit by the pandemic, which caused production delays, personnel layoffs, and supply chain issues. As career aviators, we are used to operating in turbulent climates – even economic ones- and thus decided to pivot our drone-on-demand app accordingly.” Specifically, Alexander notes that a major task originally planned for the ADoD app was drone delivery services for light packages, medicines and prescriptions, even human organs and tissues. However, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)) has not yet approved this activity through the creation of the necessary flyways and channels required to fulfill it. Besides the pandemic, Alexander points out that there are still many public misconceptions about drones regarding privacy, thus creating further delays in broader acceptance of the technology. Commercial drones that are supported by an artificial intelligence (AI) platform can perform a wide array of activities in ways that are safer, more efficient and more cost effective. AD has already built a platform for such applications. Some of the available services on the ADoD app for businesses and consumers, include:
“In fact, we plan on using the app to learn what the demand is for certain drone activities and where those requests are originating so that we can identify and mobilize our tech and personnel resources—specialized drone services providers, to complete the particular missions,” claims Alexander. One of the main functions of the ADoD app is to aggregate job requests, which then stimulates the drone employment market where people can get into drone services as a career. In fact, AD’s proprietary F2F (Flight to the Future) program was launched during the pandemic as an employment opportunity for those interested in becoming certified drone pilots and individual business owners. Within six months, students of the online, interactive program learn how to utilize drone and cloud technology safely and effectively – embedded with Artificial Intelligence in daily missions. Besides earning their FAA Part 107 commercial drone pilot certification, the program participants are immersed in cloud computing, AI (artificial intelligence), the IoT (Internet of Things), and other technologies transforming the UAV industry. Instructor guided one-on-one flight training and industry specialization culminates the course. Besides offering a streamlined drone services ordering system and a comprehensive drone pilot training course, AD also provides drone insurance for all missions. AD also supplies three of its own, advanced drone models – the Spartacus Hercules, Spartacus MAX, and Spartacus Hurricane for operators and business owners looking to build up their inventory of equipment and assets. The company offers flexible financing with the best terms in the industry, as well as MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) services for continued upkeep and safety protocols. Future versions of the ADoD app will be released in line with the overall UAV industry especially as autonomous drone use develops. Plans include voice-activated commands, live interfaces between the user and the drone during flight, and artificial intelligence-assisted object recognition. Want to tweet about this article? Use hashtags #construction #sustainability #infrastructure #IoT #AI #cloud #futureofwork The post Uber-Like UAV appeared first on Connected World. from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/uber-like-uav/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/uber-like-uav.html Juniper Research says tokenized payment transactions to exceed 1 trillion globally by 2026. The post Fact of the Day – 8/18/2022 appeared first on Connected World. from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/fact-of-the-day-8-18-2022/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/fact-of-day-8182022.html ![]() There are the projects that, if attempted by someone without the proper experience, could result in serious injury, damage to your home, or even death. The post 11 Dangerous Home DIY Projects That Should Be Left for the Professionals appeared first on At Home in the Future. from At Home in the Future https://athomeinthefuture.com/2022/08/11-dangerous-home-diy-projects-left-professionals/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/11-dangerous-home-diy-projects-that.html ![]() Many people don't realize how much water they use on a daily basis, or how easy it is to save water and lower their bills. The post 7 Great Ways To Save On Your Water Bills At Home appeared first on At Home in the Future. from At Home in the Future https://athomeinthefuture.com/2022/08/7-great-ways-save-water-bills-home/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/7-great-ways-to-save-on-your-water.html The largest non-U.S. software company is German giant SAP. In fact, SAP is the second largest company in German (by market capitalization) behind Linde and ahead of Volkswagen. SAP has overcome some early concerns about the complexity of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) system and with an expanded line of cloud and smaller entity products is now embraced across the world. One of the large companies using SAP is Schneider Electric, a French-based world leader in energy-management and automation. Schneider Electric, with revenues of about 29 billion euros annually, is very conscious of the markets it operates in and is investing 855 million euros toward expanding its product variety in power and energy monitoring and management among others. The company also very aware that, as a major industrial player it is a prime target for cybercrime. Schneider Electric needed to protect its most valuable assets contained in its SAP business applications. Additionally, they needed to expand its comprehensive cybersecurity program to include business-critical application optimization and realtime threat monitoring. The central SAP security department had to manage a vast SAP landscape covering multiple geographical regions – all having different stakeholders and service providers. The overall goal was to develop a continuous SAP application security management process that would accelerate and prioritize risk management with intelligence-driven and accelerated remediation processes. But SAP applications weren’t all that concerned Schneider Electric’s IT department. It also deployed IBM QRadar, a SIEM (security information event and management) software. Integrating additional cybersecurity with QRadar and SAP was the challenge. SAP security provider SecurityBridge, a German company now operating in the U.S., was selected by Schneider Electric as the company’s SAP Security platform. SecurityBridge is an SAP Security Platform provider developing tools to extend the SAP ecosystem. The company takes a radically different approach to traditional security tools, believing SAP applications and custom code will be infiltrated no matter how diligently security hygiene is applied. In response to this belief, SecurityBridge created a natively integrated realtime solution for constant monitoring. Powered by anomaly detection, the platform can differentiate between accurate results and false positives so that security teams can better focus on real issues. SecurityBridge’s platform provides Schneider Electric with an advanced level of SAP visibility that enables the company’s IT teams to proactively manage potential risks arising from applications and custom code. SAP’s platform provides holistic insight into SAP’s complexity with realtime threat monitoring. This SAP security approach differs from traditional tools by providing a preventative, behavioral-based approach for:
The continuous SAP security management process accelerates and prioritizes risk management with intelligence-driven and accelerated remediation processes through a two-step approach that:
The SAP platform also provides Schneider Electric with a “single-pane-of-glass” on the SAP security posture that covers multiple geographical regions with their local SAP installations. In addition, high-privileged access roles were reduced to a minimum, and the company’s security department received real-time policy break alerts. Want to tweet about this article? Use hashtags #construction #sustainability #infrastructure #IoT #AI #5G #cloud #edge #futureofwork The post SAP Security appeared first on Connected World. from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/sap-security/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/sap-security.html Is the internet moving from a 2D experience to a 3D world? For many, this answer is yes, as the technologies to enable the metaverse begin to ramp up and provide value to both consumers and businesses. Such is the case for Rev Lebaredian, vice president, Omniverse & Simulation Technology at NVIDIA, who suggests 1993 was an inflection point. This was the year we saw the invention of the world wide web; it is the year NVIDIA started, due to a market for computer graphics; and it was the year Jurassic Park came out, which presented a market opportunity for computer graphics. It was an inflection point—and 2022 is another inflection point, he said at SIGGRAPH, a large gathering of computer graphics experts that took place the week of August 8. “SIGGRAPH is the place where the community gathers to share all of their inventions and advancements, and celebrate it together,” he says. “It is place where connections are made between the people that work toward advancing this. This year is a special one. It will probably go down in history as one of the most important SIGGRAPH at an inflection point.” He suggests this year marks an inflection point because we are seeing the start of a new era of the internet—one that is generally being called the metaverse. While the metaverse often means different things to different people, Lebaredian says it is a 3D overlay of the existing internet—the existing two-dimensional web. It turns out the foundational technologies that are necessary to power this new era of the internet are all the things that the people at SIGGRAPH have been working towards for decades now. “When the web was introduced in 1993, it unlocked the potential of millions and eventually billions of people joining the internet. That was possible because the interface changed to something that was more accessible to humans,” he says. “In recent years we have seen technological advancements that are coming together to form the foundation of this next era where we are moving from this two-dimensional representation, this two-dimensional interface to the internet, to one that is more like our normal, lived, human experience.” To do that, we need a whole lot of technology, which NVIDIA announced in spades. With 45 demos and slides, five NVIDIA speakers announced:
While this was just a handful of what was on displayed at SIGGRAPH, the company has also made big announcements around NeuralVDB—bringing AI and GPU optimization to Open VDB—neural graphics SDKs to make metaverse content creation available to all, and so much more. Sanja Fidler, associate professor, University of Toronto, and director of AI, NVIDIA, says “NVIDIA is significantly advancing both the foundational algorithms and graphics, as well as neuro-graphics.” She adds whatever you are seeing is basically AI controlling this character and it is reacting to the physics of the environment. “There is really fast-paced progress in this field,” she says. “What we want to do is we want to make this even faster.” Want to tweet about this article? Use hashtags #IoT #sustainability #AI #5G #cloud #edge #futureofwork #digitaltransformation #green #ecosystem #environmental #circularworld The post Metaverse: The Evolution of the Internet appeared first on Connected World. from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/metaverse-the-evolution-of-the-internet/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/metaverse-evolution-of-internet.html Technology can help corporations improve their ESG (environmental, social, and governance)—but how exactly? We often think of sustainability software solutions as being able to help organizations track and report their ESG performance and provide relevant data to improve their operational performance—and they certainly do. But there is a little bit more to the story than just that. For the past several years, we have been talking about the impact of using software in corporate settings to improve environmental sustainability, but now one new survey suggests software is also needed to monitor social sustainability. In fact, the IDC (Intl. Data Corp.) survey shows social sustainability topics account for the largest share of use cases for sustainability software. This includes human and social capital uses such as DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), employee health and safety, data privacy, human rights, and product access and affordability. This is evident in the 2022 Global Sustainability Software Buyer Value Survey, which gives a glimpse into IT buyers’ priorities and spending intentions regarding software that helps achieve sustainability goals. The survey addresses social sustainability issues related to human capital management are among the top business value benefits that organizations expect to achieve by using sustainability software solutions. Also, the software plays a key role across all use cases related to internal operations, meaning there is a great need for comprehensive solutions that capture information across an organization. Interestingly there is a new trend in this year’s survey to take note of. Respondents to this year’s sustainability software survey say IT plays a bigger role in enabling organizations to track their ESG performance for reporting purposes and driving desired business outcomes. The blend of responsible IT and line of business functions requires software vendors to successfully convey their value proposition to both buyer groups. Here is another great point from the survey. Given that improving operating costs and fulfilling executive mandates are among the top investment drivers for sustainability software, the software needs to help organizations actively manage their sustainability performance, instead of simply “checking off boxes” for ESG reporting. Executives need to be asking the hard questions about what the ESG goals are exactly and how technology can help. Metrics need to be constantly measured and reported. They need to be tracked and maintained. We can’t just be doing software for ESG for the sake of using software for ESG. We need to have a clear purpose and clear metrics otherwise we won’t see the success that is needed today. What are your thoughts? How has your company approached ESG software? Is it just for environmental sustainability or is it also being used to monitor social sustainability? In what ways can we all move forward together? If we don’t take big steps today, our planet and our businesses will face big consequences later. Want to tweet about this article? Use hashtags #IoT #sustainability #AI #5G #cloud #edge #futureofwork #digitaltransformation #green #ecosystem #environmental #circularworld #ESG The post Software Drives ESG appeared first on Connected World. from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/software-drives-esg/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/software-drives-esg.html IDC says Australia and New Zealand IoT spending is forecasted to reach $24 billion in 2026. The post Fact of the Day – 8/17/2022 appeared first on Connected World. from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/fact-of-the-day-8-17-2022/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/fact-of-day-8172022.html Older multifamily units are being examined for possible efficiency improvements through automation. Many, built before central air conditioning was available, are still populated with window AC units that are a significant energy waste. With the extreme heat being experienced across the country in 2022, those units are running overtime, inefficiently cooling apartments during unoccupied hours as well as times when people need that cooling. Air conditioning units are second only to heating as the most expensive appliance to run in the home, so making them more efficient is one of the first steps towards achieving a fully smart energy system that saves money, lowers energy usage, reduces carbon emissions, and improves resident comfort and satisfaction. Window and sleeve air conditioning monitoring and control is a crucial component in improving efficiency and resident comfort in older buildings without central air conditioning systems. Control of window and sleeve air conditioning units also enables owners and operators to flexibly and automatically raise and lower cooling setpoints to reduce peak load through Demand Response programs. Embue is a provider of whole building intelligence, automation, and control for multifamily apartment building portfolios and its smart building platform now includes the control of window air conditioning units and PTAC (Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners). Building owners can easily reduce energy costs and carbon emissions by automating these units by connecting them to run on operational schedules, to detect when they are malfunctioning, to be operated based on relative humidity, and to ensure proper temperature is achieved in each unit. Air conditioning monitoring and control is the latest functionality available on the Embue platform, providing multifamily owners and operators with visibility and control of every apartment, common area, and piece of equipment in the building to significantly improve energy efficiency, carbon reduction, staff productivity, and resident comfort. In an Embue-enabled building, sensors and controllers placed throughout the building deliver information to Embue Super, a building wide dashboard that can be used by building management to control and automate units and to make decisions around comfort and efficiency. Embue’s occupancy-prediction machine learning algorithms can sense whether residents are home or not and turn the system on or off accordingly. It can also adapt to users’ schedules, turning on shortly before they arrive home. Air conditioning control can be paired with Embue sensors to provide more accurate comfort control, greater energy efficiency, and to monitor humidity levels to ensure healthy living environments. For example, if paired with Embue window open/close sensors, when a window is opened, the air conditioning can automatically be turned down or off to save energy. If desired, residents can even be given remote access via the Embue Remote app to ensure comfort, allowing them to turn their AC on shortly before arriving home, so residents can come home to a pre-cooled room, without wasting energy. For those residents who pay for electricity, this is a great solution. Embue can be customized for the needs of each property to provide its signature flexible setpoint limits and flexible thermostat feature visibility and offers a range of IoT (Internet of Things) devices that work with the platform to monitor the building for resident discomfort and harmful conditions, like water leaks and high humidity, and sub-optimal conditions. Embue provides end-to-end insight and control of the entire property and makes the property more efficient to manage through a dashboard that provides control, automation, and insights property-wide. With Embue, apartment buildings can become 25% more energy and carbon efficient and staff 30% more efficient on key tasks. Embue is installed or under contract in nearly 6,000 units at major national portfolios, with a rapidly growing footprint in 10 states. Want to tweet about this article? Use hashtags #construction #sustainability #IoT #AI #cloud The post Retrofit Automation for Apartment Buildings appeared first on Connected World. from Connected World https://connectedworld.com/retrofit-automation-for-apartment-buildings/ via IFTTT Via https://theartofallen.blogspot.com/2022/08/retrofit-automation-for-apartment.html |
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