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Factory IoT Saves Intel $9 Million

Posted by samzenpus on from the passing-on-the-savings dept.

jfruh writes Want a good way to sell someone a new technology? Prove to them that you believe in it enough to use it yourself. Intel has been trying to get customers to buy into the concept of the "Internet of Things," in which tiny distributed networked sensors would improve manufacturing processes. To prove its point, they implemented such a system in one of their Malaysian factories, and claimed $9 million in savings.

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  1. The Internet of Things, aka by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the next giant leap in ubiquitous mass surveillance.

    I just can't wait for all the devices that surround me to snitch on me and report all my life habits to their corporate or state masters 24/7...

    --
    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
    1. Re:The Internet of Things, aka by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This is just simple equipment monitoring with networked devices.This has been done for decades. Just a PR puff to get some brand names out.