Tech Guru had a one-on-one with Dr. Ponani Gopalakrishnan, VP - India Software Labs to find out what’s cooking at IBM.Question : Tell us about IBM’s smarter planet initiative with a few examples of the technology used.
Answer : Let me give you a background first. Today we’re at an intersection point. Device level instrumentation as well as system level instrumentation – things like RFID (Radio-frequency Identification) tags as well as sensors – are everywhere. Even your cell phone is a sensor, with the help of which your location can be triangulated. As these systems are getting interconnected, the reach of the information network has become broader. This is what we believe is helping us build a smarter planet, where things are a lot more instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent. An example is Singapore, where we can predict traffic conditions, thanks to RFID tags that are put in place in cars. The same RFID tags can help you track movement of your goods through the supply chain.
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