The upcoming 25 years are going to be so exciting. Check this great video, both greatly produced and with a profoundly optimistic message.
Clement Charles
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| Je reproduis ci-dessous le communiqué de presse de Orange, qui avance – à juste titre – vers le domaine prometteur et essentiel du M2M, du machine to machine.
Machine-to-Machine: Orange lance une nouvelle plate-forme et un grand programme de partenariat |
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Orange continue de développer ses capacités M2M et son réseau de partenaires afin d’offrir aux entreprises basées en Suisse et en Europe des services novateurs dans le domaine de l’Internet des objets (IdO). La plate-forme M2M est l’un des éléments clés de ce lancement, avec de nouvelles fonctionnalités et une interface utilisateur améliorée.
L’utilisation d’un accès en ligne et à distance permet d’offrir la possibilité aux personnes âgées de rester chez elles en toute sécurité, mais aussi de suivre un transport de fonds ou des électrocardiographes, ou encore mesurer et contrôler le trafic routier ou le niveau de l’eau. Les solutions de communication M2M sur mesure de Orange sont conçues de manière à optimiser les processus, améliorer les suivis et les contrôles, accroître la fiabilité des services et réduire les coûts. Les domaines d’applications M2M sont variés et font désormais partie du quotidien d’un grand nombre d’entreprises.
Afin de soutenir au mieux sa large gamme de solutions M2M, Orange met en place une nouvelle plate-forme de gestion de connectivité qui fait office de passerelle avec les partenaires M2M. Ce nouveau service permet aux partenaires M2M de Orange de réduire les délais de commercialisation ainsi que les coûts opérationnels. Les partenaires de Orange bénéficient en outre de solutions M2M plurinationales et multisectorielles, ce qui facilite la gestion des informations de leur compte et des cartes SIM. L’offre M2M de Orange inclut d’autres services permettant d’optimiser l’application de ces solutions.
Orange lance également un vaste programme de partenariat M2M afin de satisfaire la demande croissante de services de connectivité simples et faciles à gérer. Orange dispose d’un important réseau qui permettra aux entreprises qui innovent dans le domaine de l’IdO d’accélérer leur croissance et d’introduire leurs produits sur le marché plus rapidement. Tous ces facteurs font de Orange un partenaire de choix pour des applications dans le domaine des services aux personnes, de la santé, des maisons connectées et des villes intelligentes. Orange annoncera prochainement d’autres partenariats M2M qui visent à étendre son offre et sa portée géographique.
«Nous pensons que tout ce qui peut être connecté le sera bientôt. C’est pourquoi Orange et ses partenaires développent de nouvelles solutions complètes qui stimuleront l’innovation et modifieront les écosystèmes. Nous travaillons déjà sur de nombreuses initiatives qui changeront le marché et l’industrie tels que nous les connaissons.» déclare Johan Andsjö, CEO de Orange.
Comment les personnes âgées bénéficient des solutions M2M en partenariat avec DomoSafety
L’utilisation de solutions M2M a permis d’atteindre des objectifs majeurs, dont l’amélioration de la qualité de vie dans un environnement familial sûr. DomoSafety, une start-up suisse qui utilise l’IdO pour son concept de soins à domicile, a développé un système permettant d’enregistrer les activités quotidiennes des personnes âgées grâce à des capteurs sans fil installés à des endroits stratégiques du domicile. Le système identifie les risques potentiels et envoie une alerte en cas de situation inhabituelle. Une app simplifiée accessible via smartphone et tablette est mise à disposition des membres de la famille et du personnel soignant. Ceci permet aux personnes âgées de rester dans un environnement familier aussi longtemps que possible. Non seulement l’Internet des objets apporte davantage de sécurité aux clients finaux, il permet également aux entreprises de gagner en efficacité, de faire des économies, d’améliorer la qualité de leurs services et de générer de la croissance.
Vous souhaitez en savoir plus? Chez nous vous pouvez: orange.ch/m2m, community.orange.ch/,
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Interesting video for the new breath sensors from Spire. Yet, only on pre order. Nice video, but looking forward to test the product and how the app is actually generating peace of mind (and not just an other layer of stressful notification and call to actions).
In this promotional video, Intel has taken their perception, vision and predicitons on how the future of our productive lives will most likely look like. The video offers and array of scenarios that are futuristic in our time.
The more I listen, the more I hear concerns about data ownership and control. Concerns, yes, but solutions, not much. All of it flavored by pessimism – as if the current abuse were here to stay.
Well I don’t think so.
Fist of all, I am sure, and I’ve said publicly in event like ITU Telecom World 2013, that today, a good privacy and data protection are like the icing on the cake, but that they may become the cake itself in the soon to come future. Indeed, I think that in 10 years from now, to create a real data economy where growth is possible, privacy will be part of the game, as much as letting users control the usage of their data.
Secondly, the logic, the technical paradigm to reach that goal is already public today. One of the greatest initiative to protect personal data, in my view, is the IDCUBED project from the MIT , headed by John Henry Clippinger. I had the pleasure to meet John at ITU Telecom World 2012, in Dubai, in a session on privacy. On that day, and in our lunch that followed, I discovered their idea of a “data mark up language” that would encapsulate all types of possible usages of the data produced.
In my view, based on that idea from the MIT, each data should have its own meta-mark up information, like the EXIFF files in a photo or the XML files in a web content.
It should answer the following question, from the biggest to the smallest:
1 / Do you allow your data to be share ? Yes. No. If no, end of the question.
2 / If yes, would you like this data to be share with
– scientific organizations that would use your data anonimmized for research purpose
– a specific person (please list as many, please use group or “circles” that you’ve already curated)
– all or part of yours contacts (from one or more database of personal contact, from address books to Facebook friends)
– commercial organization that may uses your data commercially (and possibly, pay you a share of the revenues)
What do you think ? What rights would you give to who ? Let’s chat .
Clement
As many consumer industries, the shopping and retails is investing great amount of thoughts into its future. And IT will logically be an important part of that future, to improve productivity, relation with clients, and monitoring operations.
In that logic, CISCO is like .- in any industry – investing a lot of effort to showcase what could be the future of the shopping experiences.
On the other side of the cash register, PayPal has also a interesting – and well funded – vision for the future of shopping.
IBM is pushing a more “short term” vision
What closer from your vision ?
As we proudly have a now a full 4G/LTE coverage here in Switzerland, it’s good to see that next steps are getting ready. As part of many industry group, I was happy to receive this morning an invite to contribute in the current process of shaping the future soon-to-come 5G network, expected by the end of the current decades.
If you want to give your voice, the 5G Infrastructure Association is is currently share a working paper about on the future mobile network, with code name 5G-PPP.
Interestingly, the future of mobile is still lead by the very one that brought us a lot of innovation we live with today, Nokia. Indeed, the association is lead by Dr. Werner Mohr, head of research alliance at Nokia Solutions and Network Management.
I loved that video showcasing the Ara project / PhoneBloks…. Such a great idea and a fantastic way to un program the obsolescence. I remembers reading a book from Barnes where the richest men in 2030 are the ones selling the most sustainable goods. C’mon, Forbes 500, let’s get on it. As usual, one good move creates a domino effect, and once you start doing good and right, it’s hard to go back to old and destructive XX century ways. According to this week news, Google is taking this project seriously and a release in 2015 is mentioned in a few papers.
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A nice video for IBM experiment of smart cities in Honolulu in Hawai USA.
I just discovered the SENSORDRONE, a fantastic plateform for so many sensors and unlimited amounts of apps. I am going to order one right now. Check the video below, I am sure you will do the same ; )
Robotics is the art and commerce of robots, their design, manufacture, application, and practical use. Robots will soon be everywhere, in our home and at work. They will change the way we live. This will raise many philosophical, social, and political questions that will have to be answered. In science fiction, robots become so intelligent that they decide to take over the world because humans are deemed inferior. In real life, however, they might not choose to do that. Robots might follow rules such as Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, that will prevent them from doing so. When the Singularity happens, robots will be indistinguishable from human beings and some people may become Cyborgs: half man and half machine.
A press release from the ITU (in French)
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Le Qatar accueillera la prestigieuse manifestation ITU Telecom World en 2014 D’influents professionnels du secteur des TIC participeront aux débats à Doha, en décembre 2014 Genève, le 26 octobre 2013 – L’Union internationale des télécommunications (UIT), institution spécialisée des Nations Unies pour les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC), a annoncé aujourd’hui que l’Etat du Qatar avait été choisi pour accueillir ITU Telecom World 2014, au terme d’un processus d’appel d’offres entre différents Etats Membres de l’UIT. ITU Telecom World 2014 aura donc lieu en décembre 2014 à Doha, dans les locaux ultra-modernes du Centre national de congrès du Qatar. Cet événement rassemblera d’éminents dirigeants du domaine des TIC, des secteurs public et privé, qui tiendront des débats stratégiques, échangeront des connaissances, présenteront des nouveautés et établiront des contacts en réseau au plus haut niveau. L’Etat du Qatar a chargé la société internationale de communications Ooredoo de l’aider à organiser ITU Telecom World 2014, pour le compte du Gouvernement du Qatar. Ooredoo, auparavant appelée Qatar Telecom, est le principal prestataire de services de télécommunication dans le pays et l’une des plus grandes sociétés de communication du monde, puisqu’elle dessert une clientèle de plus de 2,5 millions d’abonnés au Qatar, ainsi que plus de 93 millions d’abonnés dans le monde entier. Pour le texte intégral, voir: http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2013/50-fr.aspx |
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A propos de l’UIT L’UIT est la principale institution des Nations Unies pour les technologies de l’information et de la communication. Depuis prè de 150 ans, elle coordonne l’utilisation en partage du spectre des fréquences radioélectriques au niveau mondial, encourage la coopération internationale en attribuant des orbites de satellite, s’emploie à renforcer l’infrastructure des communications dans les pays en développement et définit des normes mondiales qui garantissent la parfaite interconnexion de systèmes de communication très divers. Qu’il s’agisse des réseaux large bande ou des technologies hertziennes de nouvelle génération, de la navigation aéronautique et maritime, de la radioastronomie, de la météorologie par satellite ou de la convergence entre téléphonie fixe et téléphonie mobile, de l’Internet ou des technologies de radiodiffusion, l’UIT s’engage à connecter le monde. www.itu.int
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September 13th, 2013 by Clement Charles
Review on Shine, Alive Cor ECG, BAC Track breathalyzer and Hyetis’ Crossbow smart watch
Last Wed, we had a small intimate QS Meet Up event, mainly focused on exchanges and new products. Please find a summary of our discussion below.
New devices by Laurent Eymard
We start with some discussion on the latest iPhone announcement. Not focusing on the possible loss of fingers web your phone get stolen and the new data to resell / illegally reproved that we will now be able to give the Apple and others accessing their infrastructures, we mainly talk about the M7 processor. Indeed, this iPhone 5S comes with a processor, called M7 or Motion Processor, dedicated processor to capture moves and manage the accelerometer, which would lead to a lot of autonomy and a lot more battery life, as all data associated with movement will be manage by this new chip and not the general CPU of the computer. Also, the phone is presented as twice as fast that the previous models. To test and validate.
We had to pleasure to welcome Laurent from http://red-dolphin.com , always testing the latest gear and devices for its online community. Laurent delivered its test results of three product that we then discussed.
Shine – It does surely shine, but it is not as bright as expected
Based on a crowd funded project, Shine is a motion tracker from misfit wearable. It’s USP is to be quite classy and elegant, and with 4 month of battery life. Indeed, it has been thought to be nice and classy from the start. All covers and in aluminum, and not plastic, and the device is fully waterproof (until 10bar – quite a margin to swiss daily).
You need to touch it twice to activate. You can see progress to reach the setted goads with led scales. If you click three times, you see the time too ; )
Goal are set in points, translated into activities. 800 points is one hour of walk, 30 min of running or 20min swimming. Compared to other trackers, on average, you get 10% less steps measured that with FitBit.
To set it up, set goals or indicate your current activity, you are supposed to place it on iOS devices and it’s detected. But it works also next to it as it’s bluetooth 4.0 enabled. You need to choose the activity before you sync, and then it will track this specific activity. You will activate the trackers by tapping three times, but the activity itself has been selected from the iOS device. Strange, and not very smart, and definitely not convenient. Yes, it tracks more things that Jawbone but it’s really not effort less.
Laurent also mentioned that app detect the language device and you cannot change the language – which is annoying.
A good thing is the easy feedbacks function within the apps, and even more, the quick feedbacks that you will get from Shine as well as a kind and good support form the staff.
As said, battery should last at least 4 month with Lithium battery. The great option, you forget about it for a long time.
Currently on sales for 120 USD in USA in Apple Store in exclusivity. We can get elsewhere if did you finance the crowd funding campaign. Now, only iOS UI, no web or desktop interfaces, but surely in planning.
More info: an appropriate section on red dolphin (link).
ALIVE COR
Alive Cor is a shell / cover for iPhone that measure your heart beat.
Laurent tested it with professional medical partners that said that quality of signal measures was great, and with “a clean trace and graph”.
Once you use the AliveECG, you can measure the heart beat, can change your scale of vision and export results in PDF and more.
The tech concept is interesting. Indeed, to track, you put your hands on the sensors, as on a fitness machine, the device creates a unique sound that you do not hear, based on your heart beat, and then the iOS device capture the sound and measure the heart beat. The interface is impressive and results seems usable.
Check the video
It can be used by doctor to draft quick diagnostic. It could really be useful for people with weak heart condition, such as arrhythmia. It only measures, and provide no diagnosis, only data… as a classic ECG in hospital that needs doctors to “read” it for interpretation. It could provide diagnosis based on standard data models but I think such diagnosis would be a really heavy responsibility, even with all the possible disclaimers.
It cost circa 150 USD, now sold only in US and UK. Not really “authorized” in Europe, hard to understand why.
Other provider of similar devices right now and in the pipe, such as OmSignal or Citizen Science.
BAC Track –
The BAC stands for Breath Alcohol Content. This mobile tracker is meant to measure the level of alcohol in your breath. The company behind it also provides a bigger more precise version that is used by US police, so they are really a credible player in the market, not just an other gadget maker.
The devices is impressively precise. And quite funny to use. (show some print screen). In case you did know you were drunk, it tells your level of alcohol and the time to reach sobriety (=zero alcohol). The great thing to have in parties – in my perspective, more as fun than prevention devices. Still, I did not find (yet) a video while searching for Bac Track Contest or similar search ; )
Yetis – CrossBow
Last but not least, Laurent spoke the CrossBow from Swiss company Hyetis that intends to build the ultimate Swiss watch !! It really has impressive functions, like a combination of a smart watch and a James Bond tools. It needs to be charged daily by induction. It now on pre-order at 1200 USD (which is not so expensive for a Swiss watch) and really looks like a first of its kind. Check the site, it’s worth it. On a personal level, I always thought that Quantified Self and self-tracking are a part of the future of the watch industry, especially for low / mid budget watch that are not fully mechanic.
More Quantified Self information
Sad to have missed it all ? Us too, we’d like to see you there.
No worries, join our group on Meet Up and we will be happy to meet you at the next Quantified Self Geneva.
ITU Telecom World has always been an important miles stones in my life, both as a doer and thinker.
Following last year kind invite, I accepted to participate to this year event and speak in a few conf and panels.
A very hot topic and interesting would be : “How can World Citizens Ensure their Privacy in a Digital World?” at
We will be covering questions like-
– What should citizens do and what are their rights?-
– What should be the role of Government and Business?-
– How should we ensure this in laws and international standards?
Any inputs you reader would like to provide ? Feel free to post a comment and chat with me on Twitter.
August 28th, 2013 by Clement Charles
Robert Scoble – Google+ – How Apple, Broadcom, and Y Combinator will put a bullet in…
Robert Scoble – Google+ – How Apple, Broadcom, and Y Combinator will put a bullet in….
Despite great interest in NFC, I indeed think that it’s now too late for pick up. Looking forward to explore http://estimote.com/ in more details.
What do you think ? What’s the future of NFC – take off or history ?
Currently discussing with some IOT companies such Wulian to integrate pre-embeded content on domotic appliance, I came across that video, a rather good animation of an IOT supported day. Enjoy.