Internet of things brave new world [Communications Manufacturing]

EVEN THOUGH IT\´S getting very close, we\´re not quite there yet. According to Thomas Svensson, senior vice president, EMEA, at Thingworx ¿¿¿ a technology company that has created a software platform specifically to build and run innovative machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications - we are on the point of taking intelligence "to a whole new level". But it\´s not just the technological intelligence that needs to be taken up a level. The thinking and approach of the manufacturing sector needs to be modernised too. "Manufacturing has traditionally been very conservative. It tends to still use lots of analogue tools for tracking performance. It needs to take advantage of new solutions to connect and perform better. The new technologies will soon be more available, cheaper and commoditised," says Svensson.