CES highlights the era of Internet of Things really arrived

On January 6, Intel CEO Ke Zaiqi appeared in Las Vegas, United States, showing a wearable camera Nixie. This wearable four-rotor UAV looks cool and was designed by researchers at Stanford University. It is the world’s first wearable drone, Nixie folded into a wristband and worn on the wrist, and then launched Later it became a four-rotor drone, flying in a large cage on the scene, taking pictures or video, it is called "self-portrait artifact that can be aerialized." This is actually Intel's wearing equipment challenge contest held at CES last year. In the championship product.

Koziqi personally demonstrated the use of the Intel RealSense camera on robots and drones. These are a series of new developments in Intel's perceptual computing and wearable areas, including products, solutions, and cooperation plans. Obviously, after missing the wave of movement, Intel is sparing no effort to bet on the next wave of technology, that is, the era in which the traditional manufacturing giants are beginning to cross-border integration through “touch nets”, which marks the real arrival of the era of smart IoT.

Kecchi announced a series of cooperation with manufacturing giants, including cooperation with sportswear brand Oakley in the wearable area and with HP in 3D printing.

At CES, smart wearable devices, unmanned technology, apps that can monitor and improve sleep quality, networked baby bottles that can detect nutritional intake of young children, and golf detection that can analyze differences between swing and professional players Behind the dazzling array of gadgets, smart clothing, and smoke-detection devices connected to the Internet, technology giants are chasing the smart Internet of Things.

According to John Kalan, general manager of communications, media and technology at Accenture Consulting, the biggest attraction for CES2015 is the Internet of Things. "The global Internet of Things has enabled smart products and even products and people to communicate with each other. The Internet of Things market has opened up," he said.

Cross-border marriage

Yin Fugen, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics, pointed out at the CES show that “The Internet of Things is not a network of 'objects' and its focus is on people. Everyone is a center of their technology, along with people’s way of life, With changes in habits, the Internet of Things will continue to adapt and make changes.” According to the timeline of Samsung’s Samsung Technology Support IoT, by 2017, all Samsung TVs will become Internet of Things devices, and all Samsung hardware devices will support it within five years. Internet of Things, which will accelerate the penetration of Internet of Things devices in the market. "People" is the center of data mining for the Internet of Things.

Dubravak, chief economist of the US Consumer Electronics Association, pointed out that the challenge for developers is how to digitize what happens in physical space and then feed back into physical space.

Against this background, wearable digital health products have become the main players in this conference. Smart fitness equipment has evolved from monitoring simple fitness data to monitoring users' overall health status. The concept of tracking fitness status through wearable devices is beginning to gain popularity. People try to track patient data through wearable devices. It is predicted that by 2018 the market will increase by three times.

At the CES show, wearable health monitoring equipment, home sensors and corresponding software come and go. In addition, in the healthcare field, more and more clinically-applied new products such as devices that collect data on patient glucose levels, heart rate, and body temperature are starting to appear.

Since last year, CES has become an alternative auto show. This year, apart from the dialogue between people and things, the dialogue between cars and objects has become a hot spot for CES.

Intel, Google, Huawei, Ericsson and other technology and communications giants have begun to enter the car network. At the exhibition, more than 10 well-known automobile manufacturers including Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Ford, and Toyota all launched the latest Internet concepts, auto-driving concept cars, inter-connected inter-vehicle information systems, and battery fuel technologies. Consumer electronics companies such as Samsung and LG have extended their smart control systems from home appliances to automobiles.

At the same time, mainstream car manufacturers have begun to focus on driverless cars without exception. Ford Chief Technology Officer and Global Product Manager Raj Nair said that in the next five years, some automakers will launch fully automatic vehicles without human intervention. Neil said that Ford’s driverless car plan will gradually advance. The initial focus is on “high-resolution maps and the environment that the sensors can adapt to”.

Consumer electronics manufacturers also want to point to this area. LG Electronics Chief Technology Officer Scott Ann said that LG is trying to develop a variety of ways to seamlessly connect mobile phones, tablets and wearable computing devices to the car; Panasonic announced the development of the new Sync 3 system for Ford. Providing services; US operator AT&T announced at CES that it has signed a contract with Samsung and Samsung will become a sponsor and technology partner of Drive Studio, an interconnected car development laboratory.

Obviously, the marriage between consumer electronics manufacturers and auto giants is increasing, and this trend of cross-border integration is becoming increasingly apparent. For example, Hyundai has demonstrated its integration with Android Wear smartwatches; BMW, meanwhile, will demonstrate models that can automatically park cars, and users can issue automatic parking instructions through a smartwatch application.

Smart conversation

Unmanned, smart wear these products to show people a smart world of IoT. The CEOs at the CES show described this scene in a passionate speech: When you drive home, the garage door opens automatically, the lighting and heating in the living room opens automatically, and the oven in the kitchen begins to warm up. In a smart home, cars, appliances and all other devices have detectors and internet connections that allow them to think and act on their own. That is, a control terminal is no longer required to operate between devices, but a direct dialogue is established between the device and the device, between the device and the human, and from the star structure with the mobile phone as the center to the interconnected network structure.

The modern smart watch APP is connected to the car via Bluetooth, allowing users to start the car from a distance like a movie agent. This app combines a car with a smart watch so that users can tap the watch whether they are opening, locking the car door, or turning on or stopping the engine. And, no matter where the user is, as long as there is Wi-Fi or mobile phone signal can control the car from various aspects.

In this case, who will become the controller of intelligent dialogue becomes the focus. Chip makers are eager to try.

Chip giant Qualcomm disclosed its own Internet of Things plan at CES.

Qualcomm President Drake Aberdeen said at the CES that Qualcomm launched 15 IoT devices in more than 30 countries around the world, involving digital glasses, child trackers, and smart watches. In the future, Qualcomm will use smartphones as a fulcrum to expand areas such as car networking, medical care, and wearable devices. Drake Aberdeen believes that although the potential of the Internet of Things is huge, it is still in its infancy.

Being able to conduct intelligent dialogues between objects will become the standard for any product in the future. Even a bicycle or a button will become a data logger. For example, the newly released Connected Cycle smart bicycle pedal at CES will have a built-in GPS module and a motion sensor. Users can track their location by using a mobile application. You can also get speed, walking distance, altitude and other movement data.

So, after the equipment has become the recorder of various data of human beings, how to carry on data mining will become the key.

“The transition of the mobile health industry is very similar to the weather forecasting industry, and will eventually make various predictions through complex calculation models,” said Life Ann’s founder and computational biologist, Leian Corradi. “With all kinds of wearables, With the emergence of equipment, more and more data are available for collection. Through professional analysis, people can use these data to draw conclusions."

It is reported that in 2014, the sales of fitness trackers and health equipment exceeded 70 million. The sales of such equipment in 2015 will be 68 million. However, the data collected by these devices has not been well analyzed and utilized. “The future of wearable technology is not focused on the wearable device itself,” said Koladi. “Like the weather forecasting industry, traditional meteorological observation equipment is still in use, but the value of the industry is more reflected in the analysis of the data. And use it."

According to its introduction, LifeQ company analyzes data collected through wearable devices through its own computational biology model to analyze and predict the future health status of users.

"If the device just tells you that your sleep is very bad, these are useless to you and you already know you haven't slept well," said Koladi. "But if you can give a bad sleep, The reasons, such as eating too much, drinking something, or exercising inadequately, are very valuable, so that users can adjust their habits accordingly in order to improve their sleep quality."

The future of smart wearable devices is not just a simple recorder. More importantly, it can provide health solutions. To a certain extent, it acts as a “private doctor”, which is also the direction of the transformation of health equipment manufacturers.

Jaw-bone, a maker of fitness and health trackers, is moving in this direction. Its new Up3 wristband not only tracks sleep quality through heart rate, but also further analyzes these data to provide users with targeted recommendations. They improve sleep quality and overall health.

Others such as Fitbit, Misfit, and Intel's Basis are all doing similar things. Google Fit, Microsoft Health, and Apple Health promise to store the personal health data collected via the device in a unified manner, and then conduct in-depth analysis to obtain meaningful conclusions.