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Grid Resilience: Three Key Strategies to Make the Grid Stronger

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Sep 5th 2018

Paperback thrillers have used the grid relentlessly: EMPs take it out; enemy governments hack it; a weather disaster topples it or, perhaps the worst outcome, humani … View More

Air and Missile Defense: Cutting-Edge Technology Defends America’s Skies

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Aug 28th 2018

The US Military, especially the Army, has been rolling out modern battlefield communication and control systems over the past few years. On the ground, these updat … View More

Smart Money Matters: Smart City Monetization of Transportation Technology

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Aug 22nd 2018

Smart cities are the new cities. Like their predecessors, these municipalities need money to run their services. With changing demographics and population habits, tr … View More

Augmented Public Safety: AR Technology Gives Emergency Services Second Set of Eyes

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Jul 28th 2018

Public safety departments are catching up with futuristic, augmented reality technology. Some people aren’t happy about it: for example, Microsoft is raising t … View More

Rolling the Ball, Not Reinventing It: Robots Augment Industrial Processes in the Beautiful Game

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Jul 18th 2018

In 2014, over one billion people tuned in to watch the FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Brazil. Many were watching for love of “the most beautiful game … View More

Enhancing Retail Reinvention: Using IIoT Cold Chain for Grocerant Experiences

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Jun 1st 2018

The grocerant has become a staple of retail reinvention for grocery stores. The trend of in-store dining experiences, made popular by Whole Foods, has spread across … View More

Smart and Connected Communities: Saving Lives with IoT and Smart Cities

Posted by Katherine Elrod on May 16th 2018

14 grand engineering challenges face modern and future populations. Among them are big healthcare concerns: how do we improve community health, enhance medical care … View More

Raw vs. Flint: A Tale of Two Waters

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on May 10th 2018

Searching “Can I drink the tap water in the United States?” in online travel forums will deliver comments that rangefrom “yes” to “duh. … View More

Adaptive Agility: Food Logistics Technology Eases the Burden of Compliance

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Mar 27th 2018

Reeling. The lurching, staggering motion of someone regaining balance from a wobbly position. Technology innovation has sent food logistics reeling: the cutting-edge … View More

Proaction, Not Reaction: Predictive Policing in the IoT Era

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Feb 28th 2018

Policing is a complicated matter in the 21st century. Consider the following statistics:The US Office of Highway Police reported approximately 3.2 trillion vehicle m … View More

Integrated Sensor Architecture: Deploying Smart Sensors and Improving the Mobile Soldier’s UX

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Feb 28th 2018

Strategically placing advanced sensors in areas of interest has changed the battlefield. Capable of signal processing, wireless communications and synchronization, … View More

4 Important Trends in Electricity Management

Posted by Katherine Elrod on Dec 15th 2017

We often don’t realize how dependent we are on electricity until we lose it, such as in the wake of 2017’s devastating hurricanes. Obtaining, storing and … View More

CARTA: A New Way of Managing Risk

Posted by Katherine Elrod on Nov 4th 2017

IT security, as we know it, works a lot like physical security in that the goal is to do two things: let good people in and keep bad people out. If you show your bad … View More

Smart Cities Use Low-Power Networks to Flourish

Posted by Tony Martin on Oct 7th 2017

Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), at the core, are communications technologies. Data is transmitted between objects, and devices com … View More

Forestry Friday Spotlight: Corporate Responsibility for Restoring Ecosystems

Posted by Leah VanSyckel on Aug 18th 2017

The tragedy of Sierra Leone’s mudslides — which killed over 200 people earlier this week — is a severe reminder that we have a responsibility to su … View More

Five Nations Leading the Renewable Revolution

Posted by Katherine Elrod on Jun 2nd 2017

One by one, the nations of the world are switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. For some, it’s a matter of environmental protection; for othe … View More

Goodbye Gridlock: How Technology is Making Traffic Signals Obsolete

Posted by Sarah Beasley on May 9th 2017

Next time you’re stuck at a red light for what feels like an eternity, console yourself with this thought: the era of traffic signals is coming to an end. Smar … View More

Military Concerns Regarding the Internet of Things

Posted by Ben O'Hanlan on Nov 2nd 2016

The U.S. military has long been at the forefront of innovation, and their research efforts have led to many consumer goods that we now take for granted, such as mi … View More

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