Can We Stop AI-Generated Deepfakes from Rewriting History? — Part 1
Since deepfakes became viable a few years ago, these digital alterations have caused concern for the potential catastrophic damage they could wreak on society. Using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, deepfake creators are able to craft increasingly convincing counterfeits of video, images, and audio. Soon, this synthetic media could start sowing doubt about the authenticity of […]
How IoT Could Make Returning to Work Safer
While many San Francisco-based companies like Google, Uber, and Airbnb have pushed their return-to-work date back to July 2021, there are companies and schools reopening much earlier around the U.S. To ensure the safety and protection of the returning students, customers, employees, and distributors, we need to implement strong, proven plans. Many businesses and schools […]
8 AI Trends You Need to Know About
Years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) was a highly sought-after capability that only tech companies in San Francisco were able to leverage. Now, those same organizations have created machine learning and AI toolkits that any business can use to optimize their performance, revenues, and efficiency. Investment in AI through these toolkits unlocks more long-term and short-term […]
AI: The Answer to Road Rage?
When we think of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cars, most of us jump straight to self-driving cars that take away the most difficult parts of driving: the anxiety, the constant attention required, and avoiding a collision. But an AI application in the form of a road rage chatbot may end up having the most profound effect […]
Facebook’s Smart Home Robots: The Next Step in IoT?
Smart homes are getting more helpful with the addition of new technologies and constantly improving AI assistants. We can now use our voice to control our lights, music, car charging, door locks, and much more. We can even have a set type of APIs connected together to form a voice-enabled assistant that informs us about […]
IoT Cybersecurity: Common Hacks and Effective Countermeasures
The Internet of Things (IoT) is vast and constantly evolving. To secure such a complex system of devices, software, cloud platforms, and private customer information, businesses around the world spent $1.5 billion on IoT security in 2019 alone. This may sound like a lot, but for companies that have skipped out on securing and strengthening […]
How to Create a Functional IoT Value Proposition and Business Model
The Internet of Things (IoT) involves connecting sensors and devices to the Internet so that the data they generate can be aggregated and analyzed. This effort can inform how businesses run their operations, optimize their product lifecycles, and improve their equipment maintenance and repair schedules. Because IoT technology can be applied to any device or […]
Can Wearables Detect Early Warning Signs of COVID-19?
Wearables have quickly grown from being simple step trackers to full-on health tracking devices equipped with EKG monitoring, sleep tracking, and stress indicators. Many of us either own one of these technological marvels or know someone who does. Not only do wearables include smartwatches, but there are now smart rings, shoes, clothing, and eyeglasses. With […]
Wearables 101: Is 10,000 Steps a Day Really Necessary?
Reaching 10,000 steps in one day is much easier said than done. Depending on your stride length, this adds up to about 4 to 5 miles of steps a day. For most people, 10,000 is a reach goal, with 5,000 or even 8,000 steps being more easily-attainable goals. Where did the concept of 10,000 steps […]
IoT Security: How to Prepare for the Post-Pandemic World
The coronavirus has slowed several industries to a crawl, but cybersecurity has been booming ever since the world came face-to-face with the pandemic — especially in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry. An April 2020 study by IoT Analytics concluded that the IoT security market saw an increase in cyberattacks during the first few months […]