Tag: IOT
I get accused of focusing too much on 5G as the only future IoT connectivity option. I do write a lot about how 5G...
Emerging Technology and Geopolitics of 5G
There are several reasons emerging technology is a highly competitive industry, notwithstanding the race for intellectual property that can...
Hyped as the technology that will transform the world, 5G is moving past the buzzword stage with first implementations coming to life in 2019....
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. The UN estimates that by 2050 that proportion will be 68% - more than...
From The Jetsons to Blade Runner, to Back to the Future, to A.I. to The 5th Element, popular culture has long been fascinated by...
Technologies that could change the world have been a popular topic for the past half century. True, the predictions that everyone would drive flying...
Getting smart about security in smart systems
Smart used to be something we called people or pets. It wasn't a term one would use to...
Cybersecuring railway systems from potential attackers must become paramount in the digitization that those systems currently undergo. Their cybersecurity is too closely interlinked with...
The human brain is programmed to keep us safe and secure. Yes, we are separated from the rest of the animal kingdom by our...
Canada’s rankings in innovation has lagged that of other peer nations for decades despite government efforts to address this issue. Considering its success in...
In their growing efforts to increase efficiencies through digitization and automation, railways are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber-kinetic attacks as they move away from...
The attacker stepped out from behind a hedge in the upper-class suburban neighborhood, being careful to stay in the shadows. Across the street, the...
The maritime industry faces a not-so-distant future when ships will be completely autonomous, using navigation data that they receive to plot their own courses...
In one of those strange inversions of reason, The Internet of Things (IoT) arguably began before the Internet itself. In 1980, a thirsty graduate...
In a world where the population is increasing and resources are finite, we need to find smarter ways of living together. Smart technologies hold the key to making this happen but we need to proceed with caution and build a layer of respectful trust and privacy in our smart places.