This blog originally appeared on Sogeti’s technology trendlab called ViNT – Vision Inspiration Navigating Trends
Connected objects are filling the information gabs these days. Information we have never had before is being realized by companies all over the world. Startups, funded by other companies or by crowdfunding like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Small connected products and services are here t. An example of such a small and connected device is Moj.io.
Moj.io is based in Vancouver, Canada and has realized a cool small connected product. Moj.io is a product that you can plug in to your dashboard and uses the mobile network. This connected object is sending you all type of car information to you smartphone. you can locate, monitor and control your car from anywhere using your phone.
How does Moj.io work?
“Using a built-in cellular radio, mojio connects your car to the Internet, your phone, and just about anything else you can imagine.”
Moj.io has been creating apps in the following areas already:
– AutoText
– FamilyConnect™
– DriveSmart™
– TowAlert
– Vehicle Locate
– Mileage Tracker
– Virtual Mechanic
– Good Driver Points
“moj.io turns the car into a device that can be securely accessed over the internet,” said moj.io’s Chief Technology Officer, Narayan Sainaney. “We want to enable an entire ecosystem of developers and help their imagination become reality.”
Moj.io works in every car built after 1995.And costs $ 149.95
This blog originally appeared on Sogeti’s technology trendlab called ViNT – Vision Inspiration Navigating Trends
Everyday objects, like smartphones, watches and glasses will be connected to the internet. But will for example Google Glass really be such a massive selling product as some people think it will be? BI Intelligence, a provider of in-depth insights in the mobile industry, has done a forecast on Google Glass sales.
“We expect that Google Glass will go mainstream within a few years, as the price drops and the design begins to resemble normal eyewear. While detractors carp about privacy and its current goofy appearance, we believe Glass will improve its user experience and draw in users with amazing apps that leverage augmented reality.”
“We provide high, mid and low-range sales estimates that could result based on a number of factors, including price. On the high side, we believe Google Glass will sell 21 million units annually by 2018.”
These are quotes from the comprehensive research report that forecasts the future market for Google Glass. See BI’s Tony Danova’s Google Glass forecast slides here. BI Intelligence predicts that the sales will explode between 2016 and 2017. After that, at 2018 there will be 21.148.611 sold Google glasses the forecast.
Over 485 million of us will be wearing a web-connected watch, camera, eyepiece, pacemaker or other device by 2018, according to ABI Research. With these amount of connected wearable objects we only can conclude: The web is becoming wearable.
We wrote about Google Glass before. Here you can read the Google Glass experience of my colleague Thomas van Manen.
This blog originaly appeared on Sogeti’s technology trendlab called ViNT – Vision Inspiration Navigating Trends
“The age of makers” as Chris Anderson has called one of his books is probably one of the best ways to put the current state of the Internet of Things in its context.
“The Maker movement has a long way to go before it can really be said to have come of age. But that doesn’t mean it should be ignored or regarded solely as a hobbyist’s or niche manufacturer’s paradise. It represents the first steps in a different way of doing business. Rather than top-down innovation by some of the biggest companies in the world, we’re starting to see bottom-up innovation by countless individuals, including amateurs, entrepreneurs and professionals. We’ve already seen it work before, in bits, from the original PC hobbyists to the web’s citizen army. Now the conditions have arrived for it to work again, at even greater, broader scale, in atoms. If the Second Industrial Revolution was the Information Age, then I would argue that a Third Industrial Age is on its way: the age of the Makers.”
Arduino vs. the Age of Makers Arduino is an open-source electronic prototyping platform that allows you to create objects that can really interact with their environment through different triggers and signals. This week I saw a nice image on the Arduino blog; the “evolution of Arduino” hardware made by ‘Make Magazine’.
“In 2005, a group at Italy’s Interaction Design Institute Ivrea developed Arduino as a low-cost, easy-to-use electronics platform for students and artists. It borrows its name from nearby watering hole Bar di Re Arduino. Since exploding onto the maker scene, Arduino has cultivated a flourishing community of inventors, engineers, and hackers dedicated to sharing code and developing hardware under an open-source banner.”
Hobbyists vs. revolution All open source hardware has a different background. But let us focus on Arduino in this blog post. From the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea to the Age of Makers. The Internet of Things is certainly not driven by the big technology industries. The Internet of Things is also driven by technology hobbyists for a big part.
Only 6% of all companies focus on corporate digital transformation. These companies – mostly high tech and media groups – are driven by the convergence of mobility, analytics, social media, cloud computing, and embedded devices. The rest – 94% of the companies in our current economy –is simply not ready for the technology driven 21st century.
The facts above are taken from the book: “Leading Digital, Turning Technology into Business Transformation”. The book, written by MIT’s Sloan Research Scientist George Westerman, Capgemini Consulting’s Senior Vice-President and Global Practice Leader Didier Bonnet & MIT’s principal research scientist Andrew McAfee gives an overview of the current digital transformation landscape. But it does not end there. Westerman, Bonnet and McAfee provided a 12 step roadmap that must support companies of the ‘old’ economy transform into real digital masters.
The question that makes us all think
Today I would like discuss some of the key questions in this book starting with the most important one:
“How can we enable and accelerate digital transformation in a fast changing technology landscape?”
Turning technology into business transformation
Let us first watch Didier Bonnet’s keynote during the Oracle Open World called: ”Leading Digital – Turning Technology into Business Transformation”. In this keynote Bonnet takes us on a journey through the book and presents important findings from his research.
If you only want to have a quick look through of his presentation, please find below:
Burberry vs. Me…
Maybe your question is: “How can I keep up with digital leaders such as Burberry?” Burberry and other successful companies entered the stage way before our company did. Let me first say that I understand your question. But every technology trend has its own early adopters. So it is normal that these companies are ahead of you. Secondly, when we look at the list of successful digital leaders, we can see that “Leading Digital” is not related to one single industry. Burberry, Caesar’s Entertainment, Nike, Procter & Gamble, and Starbucks, all of them are in different industries. The third comment I would like to make is: “You can do it too!” With the right ingredients you can start building towards your position as a “Digital Master”. To position yourself as a “Digital Master” let us first start with determine what you are at this moment.
Digital maturity
When you want to lead digital, you must invest in both digital capability and leadership capability. Looking at the graph we can conclude that, if you have little of both you are a ‘beginner. When you have digital capabilities and no leadership capabilities you are ‘only’ a ‘fashionista’. When you have the leadership capabilities and no digital capabilities you are ‘conservative’. But, when you have both the capabilities of digital & leadership you can be called a digital master.
Top-down leadership is essential
Westerman, Bonnet and McAfee made a 12 step roadmap towards being a digital leader. If you want to reform not only your own business model but your entire business eco-system this is the way to go. So, if you are a part of the 94%, take a deep breath and start this journey. Step by step.
Sources
Leading Digital Transformation Now – No Matter What Business You’re In – Didier Bonnet at Oracle Open World – Capgemini Group Youtube
Didier Bonnet: Oracle Open World Presentation on #LeadingDigital – Capgemini Slideshare
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