With the world’s largest smart phone user base and its dense urban population centers, China is extremely well positioned to develop and implement IoT systems and applications on a scale that will be impossible in other global markets. Continue reading Streetside IoT
Confucius didn’t “do god” in the sense of worshiping a specific deity or religion, but he did subscribe to a belief in the idea of an all-seeing and all-knowing “Heaven” (天/tiān) that acted as a sort of moral guide for the world and bestowed its goodness and wisdom on worthy individuals who would lead it out of chaos and darkness. Continue reading Analects Book 2: on Heaven
Industry 4.0 is a hot topic in China, not least because of the extensive government policies aimed at promoting increased innovation that have been launched as part of the latest five-year plan. The aim of these is to boost the productivity of the country’s huge manufacturing industry and increase its global competitiveness by helping it to move up the value chain through the development of higher-quality and more innovative products. Continue reading Industry 4.0 and the “craftsman’s spirit”
I spent a very enjoyable weekend watching teams of young students from all over China at work on their projects for the 25th National Youth Computing Contest sponsored by VIA and HTC. Continue reading 25th National Youth Computing Contest
The little corner of Beijing that our office is located in never fails to serve up something new and interesting to look at whenever I visit it. On this trip, however, it has really surpassed itself with the new IM Way that is opening up just a few hundred meters away from us. Continue reading Beijing IM Way hardware startup innovation street
It’s difficult to know where to start when writing about the Enterprise IoT market. While it promises to be huge in volume and dollar terms, it’s a very different beast than previous ones that have driven the IT industry’s phenomenal growth over the past three decades. Continue reading Enterprise IoT: from meat cleavers to swiss army knives