THE GENIUS OF THINGS:

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) AND ITS REAL

VALUE

Dr. Dennis Curry !   Vice President & Senior Director,

Business Innovation Centre and R&D, Europe

!   Self fullfilling prophesy !   Masses of devices & sensors !   Generating oceans of data !   Signaling to a defined purpose !   Lacking insight capacity !   Limited ability to learn & help

THE PROBLEM WITH THE IOT HYPE

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GROWTH PLATFORMS

INNOVATION VISION

MEGA-MULTI-TRILLIONS DEVICES & SENSORS… PRODUCING TORRENTS OF DATA

It’s  complex,  it’s  BIG,  but  it’s  not  

random  

INSIGHTS EMERGE FROM RECOGNIZING PATTERNS

!   How to notice patterns is both a human and machine skill

!   It is about history and ultimately about pattern forecasting

!   Patterns are often constrained by the lens through which they are seen – a version of prejudice

!   IoT will recogise and present patterns where we weren’t looking

!   This is where IOT helps us get really clever

SEPARATING THE RANDOM FROM THE COMPLEX PATTERN

!   Our workplace machines contain many signaling devices

!   One signal from one machine could be an isolated incident

!   Similar signals from hundreds or tens of thousands of machines could indicate a pattern

!   Need a capacity to observe and respond to the pattern

single  signal  

many  signals  

Konica  Minolta  machine  fleet  

Insight  and  the  Power  of  Many  

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: UK

IOT  is  here  to  help  us  blend  data  and  

guide  us  to  be@er  ways  of  working;  

measuring  and  triggering  change  

which  augments  –  not  replaces  –  our  

decisions  and  choices  Smithsonianmag.com  26th  March  2014  

THE EVOLUTION OF THE DIGITAL CORTEX

!   IOT drives cortex like evolution !   High level of connections between

regions or disciplines !   Learns to associate language with

standardised fields from for example, cloud services, apps & data

!   IOT supports learning by observing and will have the capacity to adapt and reform hypotheses

!   Potentially augmented genius because of its ability to overcome narrowly defined fields of enquiry & patterns

Hypothesis:  WWW  =  Access                      Cloud  =  Services                    Cortex  =  Insight  &  PredicMon  IOT  represents  a  growing  membrane  into  our  physical  world  (including  digital)      

DEVELOPING A CORTEX TO BRIDGE THE PHYSICAL & DIGITAL WORLD

Consumers   Companies   OrganisaBons  

The  Digital  World  

By  2020    40+  billion  

connected  devices  

-­‐  Sensors  &  Devices  -­‐  M2M/H2M  -­‐  Neuro-­‐Morphic  Data  -­‐  AdapMve  InformaMon  

CreaMng  a  Digital  Cortex  (Membrane)  for    Be@er  Decisions  &  PredicMon  

The  Physical  World  Complex  but  not  random  

 

Time  &  Interconnected  Domains  Home   Environment   Work  

Intent  =  Decision  Plan  AcMon  

Outcome  

Travel  

Office  

Environment  

Home  

City  

Markets  

Retail  

Personal  

CommuniBes  

Finance  

Weather  

Biometrics    

Intent  

Industry  

Present      Future  

IniBal  Goal  

Revised  Goal  

INSIGHTS & PREDICTING OUTCOMES

BRING IOT DOWN TO EARTH IN A DIGITAL WORKPLACE

!   Everything is physical – even data !   Yet in our workplaces, we divide the physical

from the digital !   There is little true understanding of what

makes us effective at work, more creative, productive… or even happy

!   We need a new augmented genius at work !   One which detects patterns and makes

observations which transcends organizational boundaries

!   Helps us make better informed decisions !   Defining what makes a better workplace

PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY OF IOT

!   It’s only based on patterns which adapt – not a magic sphere of crystal

!   It’s the power to predict and assemble useful services around such a predication which matters

!   In a range of applications from what you need for your next meeting to earthquake detection

! Recognising and connecting closed loops of systems and open ones where governance allows

IN THE END, IOT COMES DOWN TO HOW WE MAKE WORK BETTER

!   Benefiting from the insight of things means we have a responsibility to act differently

!   Though the technology assists, it’s down to us to adapt as individuals and groups, where we identify personal or organisational value

!   Konica Minolta believes that the discovery of such value lies in collaboration

We  welcome  you  to  join  us  on  our  innovaMon  journey:  bic.konicaminolta.eu  

dennis.curry@konicaminolta.eu  

Download  the  “Genius  of  Things”  white  paper  

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