The Silent Intelligence is a book about the Internet of Things. We talk about the history, trends, technology ecosystem and future of Connected Cities, Connected Homes, Connected Health and Connected Cars. We also discuss the most exciting growth areas for entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. We share exciting stories and unique opinions of more than 30 industry veterans, experts and visionaries from Google, Ericsson, AT&T, Qualcomm, SAP, MIT, Jawbone and many others. We called this book The Silent Intelligence because most of the activity and growth in the space so far has been outside of mainstream visibility. Our aim is to help executives, entrepreneurs, investors and everybody who is interested in this topic, better understand the opportunities and challenges of the Internet of Things. We also hope that the new growth opportunities discussed in this book will be as exciting to you as they are to us.
[...]... invention of the game of chess The emperor was so impressed by the brilliance of the man’s invention that he told the man to name his reward The man asked for his reward in an amount of rice — that one grain be placed on the first square of the chessboard, two on the second, four on the third, and so on — doubling the number of grains on each subsequent square Not being a very good mathematician, the emperor... cover all the aspects of M2M (not even close), they do offer great examples of the impact Machine-to-Machine technology will have We also hope this overview will help readers discover new areas for M2M and the Internet of Things on their own Chapter 5 starts by discussing the importance of well-defined use cases for the success of a technology or a business We examine specific use cases in the M2M space... give them benefits they had never anticipated they could ever receive.” In a nutshell, the biggest benefit of the Internet of Things is that it gives us a unique opportunity to talk to the analog world around us (machines, people, animals, plants, things) in a digital way, with all the benefits of digital communication — speed of light, easy multiplication of data, and easy integration with other digital... of contacts in the technology/information systems industry, and specifically in the M2M space We decided to reach out to our respective networks and interview those with the most experience to hear and convey their stories In the process, we also met and interviewed other amazing people in the space: pioneers, thinkers, and visionaries One of the things we discovered was how much of the Internet of. .. Bill Toone of ECOLIFE Foundation, Christian Busch of SAP, Ioannis Fikouras of Ericsson, Ivo Stivoric of BodyMedia, John Elliott of Accenture, John Major of MTSG, Peggy Smedley of Connected World, Ari Silkey of Best Buy and Zubie, Dermot O’Shea of Taoglas, Dr Peter Kuhn of Scripps Research Institute, and Panos Nasiopoulos of the University of British Columbia They tell fascinating stories about their experiences... chapters of the book take a thirtythousand-foot-high view of the subject, while the last three chapters go into more practical detail and examine the specific challenges, opportunities, and examples In chapter 1, we start by defining the subject and what impact it might have on our everyday lives Here we also talk about the nature of the terms Machine-to-Machine and the Internet of Things and others,... mathematician, the emperor at first thought the reward to be too modest and directed his servants to fulfill the man’s request By the time the rice grains filled the first half of the chessboard, the man had more than four billion rice grains — or about the harvest of one rice field At that point the man was rich By the time the servants got to the sixty-fourth square, the man had more than eighteen quintillion... about the technology ecosystem of M2M and its various players In this chapter, we attempted to logically split the ecosystem into three main areas: data collection, data transport, and data analysis Here we also talk about the main technical challenges of the space and the opportunities that present themselves in addressing these challenges Chapter 3 looks into the future of M2M and the Internet of Things. .. it’s true: The rapid growth of the Internet of Things and M2M flows logically from the overall computing and telecommunications technology development of the past several decades Astro Teller describes it like this: If you look at what happened with computers, they went through this relatively long period when they were big and clunky People didn’t see the need to have them in their homes until there were... second half of the chessboard — exponential growth confounds our intuition and expectations.” As a result, in the early stages of a project or a new technology, it’s very hard to discern whether or not something will experience exponential growth As you will find in these next chapters, we believe this is exactly what is going to happen with the rise of the Internet of Things If that’s the case, the next . https://www.facebook.com/thesilentintelligence LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups /Silent- Intelligence- Internet-Things-5036434 Twitter: @SilentIntelBook YouTube:. contact: info@thesilentintelligence.com For media contacts: media@thesilentintelligence.com Web: www.thesilentintelligence.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesilentintelligence LinkedIn: