What’s the value in all these sensors, cloud storage and edge computing Big Data? Nothing, unless the data derived is valuable somehow, and we know how to determine that value.
Enter Fujitsu’s (News - Alert) new UBIQUITOUSWARE, the all-caps name for the company’s IoT Package that uses sensing and proprietary analysis algorithms to quickly provide valuable, actionable data for businesses. And Fujitsu is hoping it will live up to its name and be everywhere.
UBIQUITOUSWARE is constructed out of a series of core modules that, in combination with sensors, microcontrollers and wireless communication function to analyze data from sensor networks. These core modules are designed to work with middleware that uses sensors to learn and analyze data in the cloud. That sensing data is then analyzed using Fujitsu's proprietary algorithms, which convert raw data into mission-critical information that customers can put to use quickly, such as fall-detection or body-posture detection. Some of the core modules included are: accelerometers, barometers, custom microcontrollers that directly control sensors and analyze data, and wireless communications using Bluetooth Low Energy. If other types of modules are needed, companies have the option to include other sensors, including pulse sensors and GPS.
Fujitsu said that the first example of a device embedded with the new product is the Head Mounted Display. This Display will incorporate location badges, vital-sign sensing bands, and other products and will be rolled out beginning in December 2015. Other potential uses include workout intensity calculation that estimates the amount of exercise and calories burned through body movements, posture detection captured in 3D, fall detection, heat-level detection and physical load-level detection based on changes in the wearer's pulse, and can trigger alerts when the wearer is overloaded.
Solutions like this are a great way to start getting some value out of all your big data. Get in there and get yours. To find out more about how, check out the upcoming IoT Evolution Expo from August 17 to 20 in Las Vegas.