Insight Robotics douses out the competition, wins SmartCamp China!
Insight Robotics douses out the competition, wins SmartCamp China!
Every summer in the United States, it seems like there are more and more forest fires. Literally thousands of forestland acres are lost each summer season! It always makes me wonder, "Can't we do better?"
Last week's SmartCamp China winner has a great solution for fighting forest fires, called Insight Computer Vision Wildfire Detection System. Insight Robotics uses thermal imaging sensors and advanced artificial intelligence vision technology to quickly locate a forest fire, giving first responders a jump at extinguishing the flames. So precise is their solution that is can spot fires as small as an area of 2m x 1m within 5km radius!
And that's not all it can do! Insight Robotics also says that their solution can be used in a variety of ways for undeveloped terrain, including the monitoring of illegal logging and large city parks.
Now that's what I call a smarter solution! Congratulations to Insight Robotics!
Citizen developers drive more innovation for Pacesetters!
You've probably heard the term “citizen developer,” but have you considered using citizen developers as a partner resource? Robin Jones' quote from our Business Tech Trends webcast provides a great example of the influence citizen developers can have, even with large companies like Esri.
Citizen developers are creative hobbyists who build business applications for fun. It's not their day job, and they typically don't have the budget for expensive tools to help them build. https://ace.ng.bluemix.net Bluemix is a great example of a powerful, inexpensive tool for mobile app development. That's why Bluemix is such a game-changer!
In fact, Pacesetters are twice as likely to leverage citizen developers!
You might not expect to see a partnership between a citizen developer and a booming enterprise. However, our http://ibm.biz/IBMBTT14 Business Tech Trend study shows that citizen developers are not only partnering with enterprises, they are influencing the way companies like Esri are developing products, shaping APIs, and writing their business models!
On the webcast last week, Robin explained it like this. She said that citizen developers are extremely creative at pulling together multiple “best in class” systems and leveraging free and open source tools. When Esri, a provider of geographic information systems software, provides open source tools for citizen developers to use, the results are a whole new understanding of the tools and how they can be used!
For more awesome insight from Robin and our other partners who participated in last week's Entrepreneur Huddle, http://ibm.biz/biztechhuddle register for the replay now!!
Trends on Social ! Pacesetters are more than 6X more to use social to improve experience
We just published our new Business Tech Trend report with over 1400 decision makers. From this report, take a look at gains in Social deployment over the last 2 years. It is up 106%
Then we studied the Pacesetters. Pacesetters are those who have dedicated their competitive focus through technology and are seeing better business value.
But what I find most exciting -- is the way these Pacesetters are using Social. They 6X more likely to use Social for communication and to improve client experience. In addition, they use social 3X more than those laggards for expanding into new segments and markets.
Please join us on the Entrepreneur huddle to learn more! https://ibm.biz/techhuddle
The 3 key take aways to help You become a pacesetter are:
- Understanding the Pacesetters secrets. Download the picture book: https://ibm.biz/IBMBTT14
- Leverage the data in the study and experiment Developing an App on Bluemix : https://ibm.biz/biztechjam
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Grush brushes aside the competition to win SmartCamp Silicon Valley
On August 19th, we held our SmartCamp Silicon Valley event, and Grush stole the show! Congratulations to Grush for winning the Judges and People's choice awards!!
As a parent, I can really appreciate how Grush is making a game-chaning solution in kids brushing their teeth. That's right, I said kids brushing their teeth!
Grush transforms the chore of brushing into a fun and interactive game. They've developed an advanced Bluetooth motion-sensing toothbrush, coupled with interactive and instructive mobile games, to guide kids' brushing and let parents track the results.
Talk about the Internet of Things! The motion data is sent to Grush Apps in real-time. Grush Apps are interactive games and apps that receive motion data from Grush Brush and integrate it with a simulated image of teeth or a game theme.
It even has cloud technology! The Grush Cloud stores detailed brushing data of each user for tracking/monitoring. Detailed brushing statistical data can be provided to dentists to customize a treatment plan which could ultimately save in dental costs.
Anything that helps parents motivate their kids to brush their teeth is a winner in my book! Not only are these games fun for kids, they are also Dentist approved!
Nice job, Grush!
Shhhh! The Top 3 Pacesetter Secrets Revealed!
View the IBM Tech Trends interactive dashboard
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IBM Center for Applied Insights "Raising the game: The IBM Business Tech Trends Study"
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Learn more about being a Pacesetter
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CAN-DO Honolulu
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Biz Tech Trends App Jam
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IBM Watson Analytics
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Bluemix Free Trial
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Learning is the new Black! A Must See Business Tech Trend Webcast Thursday!
Are you a user of Instagram? In preparation for the upcoming 2014 Business Tech Trends webcast on Thursday, Aug. 21st, my team at IBM has put together some really neat and useful Instagram videos that highlight some of the topics we will discuss during the webcast. Please check them out!
You don't have to have an Instagram account to view the videos. But, if you do use Instagram, feel free to like and comment on them!
Register now and add the August 21st webcast to your calendar. Don't miss this great opportunity to hear about the secrets of successful companies! Join the thousands of individuals, enterprises (large and small!), academicians, and startups for our webcast!
I know you'll learn and benefit from our conversation on the key characteristics of pacestting companies. It will be an hour well spent!
