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The Crash

by Roberto Verdone

It was in the early afternoon of an otherwise unremarkable Monday that Apophis 99942 hit the Moon. The asteroid, whose diameter was nearly 320 meters, crashed on the ground close to the South Pole on August 6, 2035, releasing an energy of 2,500 megatons; that was sufficient to

5 years ago

Industry 4.0: IoT or NoT?

It is now very clear that one of the pillars of the 4th industrial evolution lies in wireless technologies to augment sensing and monitoring capabilities of IT systems that control machines in industry plants. Sensors and RFid tags distributed over machines can improve maintenance processes and make the production flow more efficient.

Many associate this

5 years ago

Divide et Impera.

In IoT Large Environment Scenarios, complexity of networks can be too difficult to handle. When communication nodes (sensors, actuators) are too many, overhead caused by network protocols can saturate any short-range wireless technology that needs multi-hopping (e.g. Zigbee, 6lowPAN, 6TISCH, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc).

A (sub-optimal) solution taken in the past ten years is to split

6 years ago

IoT: Does Technology Matter?

Yes it does.

Technology is at the core of any IoT solution. Whatever the domain of application (agriculture, smart health, smart cars, etc), the IoT relies on the ability to communicate efficiently, securely and reliably data to/from the Internet, and the power to elaborate it. Radio network technologies, big data and cloud are essential to

6 years ago

Change is the most difficult thing, Richard Soley says.

I had the chance few days ago to meet Richard Soley. He is the Executive Director of the Industrial Internet Consortium, an US-based institution that groups ALL global stakeholders of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): technology providers and end-users. We met after his talk at the BBS – the Bologna Business School – where

6 years ago

IoT Strategist, or Maker?

You can teach about 2G, 3G, 4G radio networks without the need to explain the business that it’s behind it. Technology experts are far from being involved in the strategies of network operators.

For the IoT, it’s different. The IoT is in the hands of small companies, with disruptive ideas. The IoT is a playground

6 years ago

The IoT is not Plug-And-Play

If you were to ask me what is the most stressful talks I have had recently in my professional life, that’s when I meet companies willing to implement IoT solutions.

The message that the IoT community has provided after a decade of research and technological developments, is that the IoT is based on low-cost technologies,

6 years ago

The Liquid Network.

The recent releases of 3GPP for LTE have introduced the notion of D2D (Device to Device), a revolutionary step from the viewpoint of network topology and operation: direct communication between devices is allowed, exploiting the same radio resources used in the links with the base station. Though it is initially assumed that resources will be

6 years ago

(My) Ten Pillars to Success

After years listening to professionals about the skills needed to succeed in professional life.

After years reading articles and books related to the skills needed to succeed in professional life.

After years listening to TED Talks, pitches and other contribution on the topic.

There are ingredients to success that are clearly common to most viewpoints,

6 years ago

Startups and the IoT

The Observatory on the IoT of the Polythecnic of Milano has recently released a survey including the analysis of 500+ startups in the world.

Some interesting insights.

The average financing collected by a startup per year in the US is ten times larger than in Europe. Not surprising.

The amount of startups that offer integrated

6 years ago