Written language had been around for a long time by the year 1440 — 4,400 years, give or take a century or two. But in 1440, written language got a massive technological upgrade when Johannes Gutenberg invented the world’s first movable type printing press. The world...
Being smarter than the competition can have its advantages in everything from athletics to business. So, by this thinking, can smarter IoT-powered technology provide the same advantage? The latest issue of the PYMNTS.com Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker explores the latest news from around the...
While much has been written about the coming technological future, when cars will drive themselves, actually seeing an unmanned vehicle on the road is still something of a surprising experience for most people. Cars, at least now — and most all of them — have drivers behind the...
When it comes to building a better burger, can an IoT-connected robot cut the mustard? In the latest PYMNTS.com Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker, David Zito, co-founder of Miso Robotics, explains why the company built Flippy, an IoT-enabled robot that uses the internet, AI and...
There’s been no shortage of speculation — including doomsday declarations — about the potential impact of automation, smart technology and artificial intelligence (AI) on the employment market. But could a realistic future have humans working and living alongside IoT-connected devices, collaborating rather than being replaced? In the...
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has launched a new service, Samsung ARTIK Cloud Monetization for the Internet of Things (IoT), to monetize data shared by IoT devices and to enable an IoT data economy. A press release announcing the news explained that for the first time, device...
The connected car future is more or less becoming the connected car present, and with that changeover, cars are becoming more than they ever have been before. The next iteration of the automobile will be able to buy its own gas, download its own direction,...
Amazon might join forces with Dish to start a wireless network. Reuters reported that CEOs Jeff Bezos and Charlie Ergen have been in talks about a potential partnership. Dish has been hungrily buying up radio frequencies that connect devices in the Internet of Things (IoT),...
The world’s not ready for the Internet of Things (IoT). Oh, consumers are excited, and they have embraced connected commerce with both thumbs — and their voice. People have embraced smart technology such as the Apple Watch, Amazon Echo, Fitbit and even connected scales and blood...