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Customer purchase process The Digital Transformation is further transforming the purchasing process, even the “habit” of shoppers. The shift of internet access to the mobile devices has further accelerated the change. Notice that here the focus is mainly on the retail market. Let’s look at the six stages of purchasing: Problem …

Use of Data This category includes a variety of technologies with Artificial Intelligence having the lion’s share. Data are acquired by different sources and their value often lies in correlation. This makes meaning emerge. This correlation is both temporal based (machine learning) and spatial based (correlation occurs among different streams …

Drones are being used by industry, municipalities and institutions to create high resolution maps of an area. These maps are digital representations that can be used in a variety of situations. Mevea has started to use drones to recreate in VR the future operation fields of their machines (backhoes). These …

So where are they going in this decade? I can see a broader adoption by industry and municipalities for surveillance and inspection, they are bound to become a common alternative in logistics to ferry small loads. They may also become part of the delivery chain to fit specific needs (like …

I have been fascinated by hydras since I was at elementary schools and I kept tracking the increasing knowledge researchers have harvested on these animals. Their outstanding capability for regenerating missing limbs was well known to our ancestors that created the mythical Hydra, a creature with seven snake like heads …

In the previous post I pointed out that Digital Reality is becoming Reality not just for products but also for Systems, including complex systems like telecommunications networks. Here I point out that Digital Reality is becoming “Reality” also for processes. This is of particular interest, and significance, for the manufacturing …

Interestingly digitalisation/softwarization is happening not just at product/equipment level but also at system/network level. An airplane engine (turbine) has its digital twin, creating a digital model in the cyberspace that can be used in many ways, including the provisioning of information via virtual and augmented reality to designers, maintenance crew, …

Let’s move on and consider, in the consumer space, the existence of services like movies and music on demand. These are present in the cyberspace, in some clouds of a service provider, yet, once we subscribe, they are becoming part of our ambient, our home. Alexa may be a bridge …

After the somewhat negative thoughts on Digital Reality, I feel the need to look at the other side of the coin. Digital Reality is raising brows, and debate, when we are becoming part of it, however the use of Digital Reality in manufacturing, education, healthcare and more is showing mostly …

Every year Dejan Milojicic, a well known IEEE volunteer , former president of the Computer Society and Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard Labs, try to herd a clowder of cats (technologic cats) to come up with predictions on what technologies will set a mark on the coming year. The result …