» 285 million people worldwide are visually impaired: 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. » About 90 percent of the world’s visually impaired people live in developing countries. » About 65 percent of visually impaired people are 50 and older; an estimated 19 million children worldwide are visually impaired. » Today, blind and visually impaired people use a simple mobile phone for daily telephone communications. They also use an array of specialty devices, such as audio book-readers, color readers, navigation tools, raised Braille labels, special bar-code scanners, and large-buttoned Braille-raised MP3 players. Each device has a unique UI, and the lack of integration makes them difficult to use. Collectively, these devices are prohibitively expensive.» Audio-books, magazines, and periodicals are an important form of entertainment for blind and visually impaired people. However, no timely, secure, affordable system exists today to provide these materials.

M-KOPA is a mobile technology company based in Nairobi, Kenya. The M-KOPA team includes founders and senior management from the Vodafone and Safaricom award-winning M-PESA service. It was formed to make accessible a range of life changing products.Even before forming the company the M-KOPA team realised that there were going to be considerable challenges in designing and managing such a product, so they sought out M2M experts with a reputation for delivering complex solutions.

Installing stairlifts can be challenging because every home staircase is unique and there is no one size fits all lift for them. Every stairlift must be customized to each individual staircase, so measuring, manufacturing, and installation takes quite a bit of time. 

Historically, Texmark's operations and maintenance teams monitored equipment manually and through wired sensors at a significant cost of dollars and man-hours each year in inspecting equipment on site.Wanting to act quickly and execute on this multi-year plan, Texmark turned to Deloitte to deliver an end-to-end IIoT implementation in late 2017. Over the course of the next two years, Deloitte coordinated the following partners for the project:1. National Instruments to outfit pumps with sensors that collect operational data2. Hewlett Packard Enterprises to enable deployment at the edge3. OSIsoft PI to aggregate the sensor data from the NI sources4. SparkCognition™ to predict impending pump failures5.Flowserve to help develop the model and data flow architecture 6. PTC ThingWorx to create a mobile-supported interface

The organization used various applications over the years to accumulate and process transactions which resulted in disjointed processes and the inability to generate financial statements as frequently as it was required because of the fact that a lot of effort was taken in consolidating the data. The disparate system was creating inefficiency.So they require a solution that accommodates custom job order entry, a flexible purchasing structure, holdback processing, automated terms discounts, decentralized payment processing, commission reporting, and a platform to distribute information to the employees.

Providing industry and government customers with intelligent inspection, automation, safety, and security solutions, Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (“Duos” or the “Company” - Nasdaq: DUOT) continually pushes the boundaries of IT. To keep pace with expanding AI-enabled data capture analytics for its edge railcar inspections, the company chose the latest Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.Duos Technologies’ challenge was finding a way to leverage technology as a force multiplier to meet customer requirements for a better, faster inspection process for trains running at full speed. Duos developed innovative data analytic solutions with AI at the edge to conduct more reliable railcar inspections, which are available 24/7/365 in all climates and conditions.

PCL Construction, one of the largest construction companies in Canada and the United States, faced a significant challenge when it came to drone data capture for solar construction projects. The company's existing quadcopters and multirotors were not sufficient for the task due to the repetitive and demanding nature of solar field construction projects. These projects required reliable data for daily monitoring, which the existing drones could not provide. The construction of solar fields happens in 'waves,' with production teams driving more than a thousand piles a day and module crews placing five times as many solar panels in the same timeframe. This fast-paced, large-scale construction offered a limited view from the ground, making drone data crucial. However, the company needed a dependable workflow and a processing engine that could deliver orthomosaics to the superintendent every night.

Hyundai Motor Corporation, a world-renowned car manufacturer, was facing challenges in managing their Additive Manufacturing (AM) production. The company had to schedule different build jobs, maintain an overview of all build statuses, and ensure efficient information flow among all stakeholders. Previously, they relied on Excel sheets to manage the RP production status, which required frequent manual updates and dissemination of information. Tracking the number of parts produced, savings, and other operational data required manually generated reports. Machine operators also had to invest significant work hours to manually manage the operating plan for each machine and adjust and communicate the planning as soon as changes occurred.

Citibanamex, a part of Citibank corporation, was facing a challenge in keeping up with the rapidly evolving Mexican consumer banking market. The bank's primary goal was to deliver a seamless, personalized user experience across both digital and traditional channels. The bank's mobile application rating was a mere 2.0 out of 5, indicating a need for innovative digital offerings to improve the user experience. The bank's core technology stack was a proprietary mainframe system, which ran core business applications such as payments and account management. Over time, modernization projects led to an increasing spiral of complexity with various tools, mainframe gateways, ESBs, middleware, dispatchers, routers, and messaging queues. Each system had a different way of handling the backend legacy platform, making it harder and more cumbersome to integrate with legacy applications. After years of unsuccessful, costly integration attempts, Citibanamex was left with the same needs and challenges, only exacerbated. The focus shifted to the Customer Digital Experience and the End-User Journey, and they needed a partner that could help them rapidly develop and deploy innovative customer offerings on top of their core systems.

In the upcoming years, we believe that interest in distributed ledgers will continue to grow around the globe.In Luxembourg, attention on the technology has surged in recent months, with digital players involved in DLT being increasingly attracted to Luxembourg.All industries combined, public institutions and private companies alike, are shifting together towards automating their internal and external processes. This phenomenon is triggering a digital convergence between market participants and will bring new opportunities for collaboration.New modes of transactions and user interactions for current products and services are emerging. We believe that industries should now internally improve their skills and competencies in order to be ready when the technology will reach its full maturity. 

Hyundai AutoEver, a key player in supporting Hyundai Motor Group’s IT initiatives, faced challenges in developing the connected car of the future. With over four million Hyundai vehicles connected to the cloud, a number expected to increase annually, the company aimed to provide personalized digital experiences for drivers. However, to achieve this, Hyundai AutoEver had to modernize their applications and technology. A prime example of this was their Bluelink® mobile app, a luxurious, connected car service offering various features such as remote start, door lock and unlock, on-demand diagnostics and alerts, destination search, and remote car finder.

Whitaker Oil, a fourth-generation, family-owned chemical and composite materials distributor, was facing a significant challenge in managing its complex enterprise. With multiple companies and facilities under its umbrella, the company needed a business software solution that could help them manage and measure profitability at the transaction level. The solution needed to be specifically designed for the chemical industry, considering the unique requirements and challenges of this sector. The company was looking for a solution that could capture every transaction, manage complex batching and blending, inventory management, purchasing, safety, price management, order entry, invoicing, and financial statements.

The company, a leading manufacturer of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, was seeking to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to enhance the capabilities of its large-scale HVAC systems. These systems are typically installed in large developments such as college campuses, commercial office buildings, and hospitals. The company was particularly interested in enabling predictive maintenance, as servicing major HVAC systems is expensive and a prolonged outage can cause significant disruption. However, implementing a predictive maintenance system involves building out a complex IoT architecture. A large number of sensors and devices have to be connected to a centralized management system. The company may have hundreds if not thousands of HVAC assets in the field, all of different types and models. These devices may be spread over different regions, which means managing and negotiating with multiple network operators. To enable remote monitoring, there also has to be a stable and secure connectivity.

PepsiCo, a global consumer packaged goods company, faced a significant challenge in calibrating sales forecasting to supply the right product quantities to its retailers. The sales forecast incorporated a variety of data, including warehouse data, store stock data, and promotional forecast data, all of which were provided by retailers in different file formats and delivered using various methods. The primary challenge was the speed of preparing a sales forecast. With the existing Microsoft Access and Excel-based processes, the time required to prepare this data was so extensive that analysts could only leverage it once a month or not at all. This inefficiency risked under or oversupplying retailers, potentially impacting PepsiCo's business operations and customer relationships.

The Weather Company, an IBM Business, offers the most accurate forecasts globally – more than 25 billion per day – with personalized and actionable weather data and insights. The Weather Company is challenged to accelerate the computations in weather models in order to provide more precise and accurate forecasts.Weather forecasting in the United States and other developed nations is more accurate than in other more remote parts of the world.  The Weather Company  saw an opportunity to advance accurate weather predictions globally by leveraging the IBM GRAF.

An undersized wet pond outside of Portland needed intelligent flow control function and hydromodification for improvements to water quality.

The City of Omaha enlisted Opti to actively test the effectiveness of permeable pavements and real-time stormwater management as Best Management Practices.

Seeking to add value beyond pump efficiency, Armstrong wanted to help customers address the issue of predictive maintenance through continuous learning to improve efficiency and by sharing best practices across industries and buildings.

For the launch of its new OMNIS product line, a titration platform for chemical laboratories, Swiss Metrohm AG required a protection system to safeguard the know-how invested in its software and a flexible licensing system that would allow for the creation of customized software licensing models for its laboratory instruments. One specific requirement posed by the company was the necessity to integrate the licensing and entitlement solution seamlessly with the company’s existing back office systems.

Video surveillance and video capturing are accessed in a limited location from a central setup for surveillance. Supphttps://www.faststreamtech.com/ose user places a camera in one particular room which is to be a monitor for security purpose if the user wants to go to the remote location and still he wants to monitor that same room for security, and then the user can make use of remote surveillance system by use of mobile through internet facility.Surveillance, depending on the situation, may also involve a serious invasion of the privacy of the persons filmed by the cameras. It is therefore important when planning, installing and operating such systems to pay special attention to the rules on the protection of privacy. So mobility application makes it easy to stay connected to your surveillance system when you can’t physically be on location.We develop the video-based mobile application, which is used to receive the live video stream from the external camera device and also internal camera device. The application developed for both Android and iOS mobile device platforms.

Mayflower Smart Control, a part of SSE Enterprise Contracting, was tasked with providing a green solution for the management of highway lighting and illuminated equipment. The company's connected devices offered a range of smart city applications, including environment and weather monitoring, refuse collection assistance, parking, road surface temperature sensing, and traffic counting. However, they were running restricted operations with a single local network SIM card across its connected product range. They identified the need for a centrally controlled and monitored system for public lighting installations, which would offer enhanced visibility, predictive maintenance, and a green solution for energy consumption.

The mats make a huge difference in how people view the company’s premises and the company itself. However, when the mats should be chosen, many people find it difficult to visualize how the mats would look in the premises.Lindström’s mat selection is also so large that viewing them all, let alone comparing alternatives, is challenging for many customers. In addition to the actual product selection, the sales consultants usually spend significant time in the back-office tasks like calculating pricing and data entry. 

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The problem of meter inoperability was driven by several process issues, including large backorders of work orders, a lack of system integration with their enterprise asset management system, manual data entry processes, poor data integrity and the use of multiple systems for work order tracking.Albuquerque Water needed a workforce management solution that would move them from their paper-based service order environment to complete automation of service order work. The utility determined they required a solution that was fully integrated with their enterprise asset management system and provided clear processes to transform their field operations, and at the same time reduce costs and achieve meter maintenance.

At Faststream, we accompany our clients in seeking an all-in-one Smart Parking system where data needs to be accurate and made available in real-time. Our smart parking solutions are sustainable and user-friendly as well as technically and financially feasible. It involves using low-cost sensors, real-time data collection, and mobile-phone-enabled automated payment systems. The parking solution benefits involve optimized parking, reduced pollution, real-time data, and trend insight, integrated payments, and decreased operational costs.

Reducing production lossesIn 2013, the company identified a need in the maintenance and operation of its acid nitric plant to reduce production losses and improve annual production. Vale noticed there was a gap in nitric acid production from 2011 to 2012 and discovered that three pieces of equipment were responsible for the main losses, including two weak acid condensers and a compressor discharge air cooler. The condenser’s losses were due to thickness loss, lack of availability of the spare condenser, and shell cracking.With a production loss above 14,000 tons in 15 months, Vale aimed to reduce annual loss by 10,000 tons by August 2015. 

Samsung, a global leader in the tech industry, faced a challenge in maintaining its leadership position in the rapidly growing foldable smartphone market. With several competitors entering the market with their own foldable smartphones, Samsung needed to demonstrate its pioneering role in foldable innovation and establish foldable smartphones as mainstream devices. The target audience for this campaign was Gen Z and younger millennial early adopters who are keen on lifestyle trends, fashion, style, and entertainment. These consumers are always eager to experience the best and the latest ahead of their peers. The challenge was to ensure that Samsung remained the first brand that comes to mind when people think about foldable devices.

Ethicon, a world-class medical devices company, faced several challenges in its operations. The rapid selection of manufacturing materials compliant in global markets was critical to assure patients, practitioners, and purchasing organizations of the biocompatibility of their medical devices. Ensuring supply chain continuity and minimizing risks of obsolescence for medical devices due to regulatory changes were also crucial in meeting Ethicon’s ongoing commitment to maintaining patient care. Furthermore, the engineers at Ethicon were developing the next generation of medical devices and needed to access historical material data to accelerate new product development. The process of centralizing and digitalizing its materials information was a significant challenge that Ethicon needed to overcome.

GE Digital's software team developed an innovative solution, the Predix cloud-based platform, to address the challenges posed by the vast amounts of data generated by state-of-the-art machines. Predix allows organizations to build tailored mobile apps that help field personnel collect and analyze data from intelligent machines. However, the initial release of Predix required a data platform that could provide strong stability without relying on internet connectivity. This posed a significant challenge as field workers needed to monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot equipment even in remote locations with limited or no network connectivity.

• According to Renaissance High School, many Japanese high school students are dissatisfied with the traditional curriculum and prefer to study topics that are of personal interest or related to a potential profession.• Without a high school diploma, students have greater difficulty landing steady jobs, and the full-time employment rate of high school dropouts is relatively low, putting a strain on the nation’s social welfare system.1• Many Japanese high school students are dissatisfied with the inflexible, uniform content of their education and often suffer from loss of motivation.• In Japan, the need for digitization of education has been discussed for a long time; the government has just begun to focus on introducing digital textbooks.