Hyperconnectivity

What technologies will guide the future of our cities? — BY RENATO DE CASTRO Previously, we talked about The Smart City Wheel concept and how it brings a more realistic approach to urban development. Now we are going to talk about a new layer of The Neural©, which succeeds the dimensions of the city, called “foundational” (fundamental or base) technologies…

How many connected devices do you own? Chances are, even accounting for smart speakers or smartwatches, the number may be in the region of 4 or 5. However, by 2030 it is believed that each human will have more than 20 connected devices, thanks to hyperconnectivity. …

Just imagine this scenario. You head out for work, and as you walk towards the car, the car recognises your mobile phone device linking it to you. The car scans your body to allow it to unlock. You get in the car and as soon as you sit down the car starts up and starts talking to you. The Siri-like software installed within the car mentions that you are scheduled to be at work for 8:15am after accessing your alarms and calendar. Now you are wondering what year is this? Well — this could be our future by 2040. How you might ask? Well that is all down to the incredibly rapid pace in which the technology sector is developing. This will be our future.

Set your personal goals and conquer them — We live in a globalized, hyperconnected world. Everything is intertwined and accessible to everyone at any time. We have the world in our hands, just a click away. Sounds marvelous, right? Then why is it hard to be productive? What is hyperconnectivity, and how does it affect our day-to-day? Being hyper-connected means being on all the time. This can be…

Plus: what’s hyperconnectivity and why’s it stealing your attention? — Happy Sunday! Ironically, while writing this issue, I was struggling to focus. I had a long to-do list on my mind that I could not seem to let go of. I was trying to listen to a podcast, write this issue, and read a report one of my direct reports…

Today, we had the final lecture of the series based on the hyper-connected world. This particular lecture was really informative about the current world around us in terms of technology and in some ways was relatively spooky. One part of the lecture I found particularly interesting was when Marshall McLuhan…

Author: Lynnette Chow, Head of Marketing Smart Cities are getting smarter. But are they getting more secure? At the Smart Nation Summit 2019, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Smart Nation Initiative is integral to Singapore’s next phase of nation building. This initiative was first launched in 2014…

Back to my previous blog on Hyperconnectivity. As simple has it may look, Hyperconnectivity touches on all key industrial sectors of economy — just to mention but a few Manufacturing, Health, Agriculture to Transport. A Manufacturing company; remotely monitors and controls its production lines, fixed and mobile assets with limited…