| Some
time during 2008 the number of individual devices
communicating using the Internet exceeded the
number of people on the planet, and the numbers
continue to grow exponentially. It's estimated
that by 2020 there could be as many as 50 billion
uniquely-addressable networked devices around the
world. They won't just be computers, or tablets -
or even smart phones.
Instead,
huge numbers of wireless sensors and actuators in
industrial machinery, vehicles, domestic
appliances or even attached to our bodies will
dominate this coming "Internet of
Things".
This
explosion in the scale and ubiquity of networked
devices will enable an exciting range of new
applications that will revolutionize global
industries, connecting machines, people and data
in entirely new ways, many not yet envisioned.
However, it will also bring new technical
challenges, such as burgeoning data volumes and
the need to assure that complex,
constantly-adapting assemblies performing
life-critical tasks do so predictably, safely and
reliably.
In
this one-day program our distinguished panel of
speakers from industry leaders, including General
Electric, Lockheed Martin and Prism Technologies,
explores the promises and challenges of the
Internet of Things. Join us to discover how the
technologies we take for granted today are already
evolving into the foundations of tomorrow's
Internet of Things. |
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