"Internet of Things" articles

Tony Mauro , Chief Technology Officer, Plasmatic Technologies Inc., spoke with Parks Associates' analyst team. giving them insight on what companies can do to increase consumer awareness of smart home products and services, what consumers fear most about adopting smart home products, and what role voice has played in companies such as Amazon, Apple and Google. Tony will participate on the session, Creating Compelling IoT Services with AI and Data Analytics , at Parks Associates'...

Thomas Rockmann , VP of Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom AG, will be speaking at Parks Associates' upcoming CONNECTIONS Summit: Engaging Consumers: IoT and the Smart Home at CES, January 9, in Las Vegas.  He kindly provided insights, to Parks Associates' analyst team, regarding the rise in digital voice assistants in the home, and consumers' fears regarding privacy, security and adoption of smart devices in the home.  Thomas will be participating on the Smart Home...

Nina Bhatia , Managing Director, Centrica Connected Home (Hive), provided insights to Parks Associates' analyst team regarding how they've created a family of connected devices and services that turn a home into a smart home.  By knowing their customers' needs, and what driving forces encourage smart home integration, helps Hive to better serve their customers and ease their fears about integrating connected home products and services. Nina will participate on the session,...

Enterprise drone investment is expected to outpace both civilian and military drone investment  growth  over the next five years. Businesses and civilian governments are experimenting with new and unique ways to leverage autonomous aircraft. As wildfires blaze across Southern California, the Los Angeles Fire Department used a drone to conduct damage assessments and find hotspots in the Skirball Fire. Miners in Nevada are using drones to survey and inspect mining sites. In...

Blog submitted by Thomas Rockmann, VP Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom The connected car market is arguably one of the most far reaching and dynamic markets of our times. While technology moves incredibly rapidly across all sectors, increasingly connected cars promise to change firstly the way we travel, and as a result the cities and homes we will live in. The drive towards fully automated cars has begun on several fronts, from increasingly sophisticated guidance and...

2017 brought some exciting developments in the telehealth space. 2016's 21st Century Cures Act has helped to streamline regulations around the adoption of digital health technologies, and in response the FDA has established a new digital health unit to focus on areas such as telemedicine, mobile apps, wearable devices, clinical algorithms (aka software-as-a-medical-device), and health information technology. As a result of its new focus on streamlining, the FDA has:...

By Thomas Rockmann, VP Connected Home at Deutsche Telekom AI (or Artificial Intelligence) has arguably become the buzzword to end all buzzwords. So much so in fact that it is sometimes difficult to pick the facts from the hype, but in spite of the hyperbole, there is much to be excited about. Recent research shows that 25% of households will use digital assistants as the primary interface to connected home services by 2019, and this is certain to be just the beginning....

Parks Associates recently published Smart Home, Caregiving, and Aging in Place , an analysis of existing and anticipated independent living needs among people age 50 and older. This was an exciting project to complete, given the significant demographic shifts that are currently occurring in the United States. The U.S. population is greying, which is a trend that will continue for decades, due in large part to the aging of the sizable Baby Boomer generation. The below chart...