Very interesting article on IoT applied to industrial environment. Different approaches of Predix and MindSphere used by GE and Siemens.

Very interesting article on IoT applied to industrial environment. Different approaches of Predix and MindSphere used by GE and Siemens.

#iot

Originally shared by Gideon Rosenblatt

The Emerging Race for the Industrial Internet

This is an interesting overview of what is happening in the race between General Electric and Siemens to build the Industrial Internet. GE is attempting to build a broad, generic platform into which all industrial players can plug their solutions. If it works, this juggernaut will become a -- I don't know, what's bigger than a juggernaut? Uberjuggernaut? Juggerubernaut?

Lots of interesting parts to this, but I'm culling this as the most intriguing bit:

That technology allows manufacturers to create what David Gelernter, a pioneering computer scientist at Yale University, over two decades ago imagined as “mirror worlds”. GE wants to build a similar, “virtual twin” of every category of physical asset it sells, from locomotives to wind farms. This would allow engineers to test products before they are built and also let them feed the virtual model with real-world data to improve performance. “A digital twin is not just a generic model but based on the exact conditions in the real world,” explains Ganesh Bell, chief digital officer at GE Power.

Imagine our industrial systems having a virtual ecosystem operating like an integrated new dimension of reality. In-synch with the physical layer, this new virtual layer would be much more flexible. It would model and simulate optimizations on a scale simply infeasible for the physical infrastructure itself. Out of this will come phenomenal efficiencies unlike anything we have seen heretofore.

This reminds me of Brian Arthur's vision for The Second Economy:
http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-second-economy

#IndustrialInternet #iot
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21711079-american-industrial-giant-sprinting-towards-its-goal-german-firm-taking-more

Cryogenic storage offers hope for renewable energy - The cryogenic energy facility stores power from renewables or off-peak generation by chilling air into liquid form.When the liquid air warms up it expands and can drive a turbine to make electricity.

Cryogenic storage offers hope for renewable energy - The cryogenic energy facility stores power from renewables or off-peak generation by chilling air into liquid form.When the liquid air warms up it expands and can drive a turbine to make electricity.

#energystorage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37902773
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37902773

This is a good use of technology to improve medical treatment of brain problems. No surgeons needed on this therapy.

This is a good use of technology to improve medical treatment of brain problems. No surgeons needed on this therapy.

Doctors use deep-brain ultrasound therapy to treat tremors -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38157770
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38157770

A new player in EV game. Hope it can help bring prices down.

A new player in EV game. Hope it can help bring prices down.

Family Car Guide: Nio electric SUV, from Chinese NextEV, to have 'Toyota cost' and 'Tesla range'
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw9oCD6DA

#ev
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw9oCD6DA

It would be nice to be able to charge the EV AUTO in 2 minutes. It would make EVs use like an petrol auto.

It would be nice to be able to charge the EV AUTO in 2 minutes. It would make EVs use like an petrol auto.

#ev

Engadget: Contact lens-based tech could lead to better EV power source.
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwrcXR5zA
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwrcXR5zA

EV market share is growing faster than most people think.

EV market share is growing faster than most people think.

#ev

Originally shared by International Energy Agency

Electric vehicles passed 1% market share in 7 countries in 2015. Is yours on the list? http://bit.ly/2gaCNYZ

21 technology tipping points we will reach by 2030. Some in this list are predictable but one or two surprised me.

21 technology tipping points we will reach by 2030. Some in this list are predictable but one or two surprised me.


https://lnkd.in/dU3YWEr
https://lnkd.in/dU3YWEr

AI and machine learning are going everywhere.

AI and machine learning are going everywhere.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/ge-acquires-wise-io-to-deepen-its-machine-learning-stack/

Unveiled by French manufacturers Alstom this month, the new Coradia iLint will feature a motor that gains its power from a hydrogen tank and a fuel cell.

Unveiled by French manufacturers Alstom this month, the new Coradia iLint will feature a motor that gains its power from a hydrogen tank and a fuel cell. 

#fuelcell
http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/09/germany-hydrogen-passenger-train/501575/

Renewable energy capacity overtakes coal

Renewable energy capacity overtakes coal
The IEA says in a new report that last year, renewables accounted for more than half of the increase in power capacity. The report says half a million solar panels were installed every day last year around the world.In China, it says, there were two wind turbines set up everyhour.

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37767250

#renewables
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37767250

"Quantino takes its power from a ion exchange between a positively charged liquid and a negatively charged one. The liquids, which consist of water and an undisclosed mix of organic and inorganic salts, are kept in separate on-board tanks and pumped into a semi-permeable membrane. Working like a typical fuel cell membrane, it keeps the liquids separate while allowing ions within them to cross and create electricity."

"Quantino takes its power from a ion exchange between a positively charged liquid and a negatively charged one. The liquids, which consist of water and an undisclosed mix of organic and inorganic salts, are kept in separate on-board tanks and pumped into a semi-permeable membrane. Working like a typical fuel cell membrane, it keeps the liquids separate while allowing ions within them to cross and create electricity."

#fuelcell. # EV


Originally shared by nanoFlowcell

"Nanoflowcell's Quantino Concept Could Go Into Production". Read more here http://bit.ly/2dOX8nU #nanoflowcell #quantino #flowbattery
http://bit.ly/2dOX8nU

Forbes Now: For Tesla, Electric Car Sales Explode In All The Wrong Places.

Forbes Now: For Tesla, Electric Car Sales Explode In All The Wrong Places.
Interesting, more than 2 million electric vehicles may be on the road at the end of 2016.
Paris auto exposition was about EVs.

http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw69e5_i8
http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw69e5_i8

Interesting, although 2030 is far, this will require a huge change on the auto industry. EVs and Fuell cell autos will get a boost in Europe.

Interesting, although 2030 is far, this will require a huge change on the auto industry. EVs and Fuell cell autos will get a boost in Europe.

#ev #fuellcell

Originally shared by Thomas Grounds

Germany Calls for a Ban on Combustion Engine Cars by 2030