Transcript 0:00 [on-hold music] But I think the bigger thing we have to think about is there are a lot of quick evolving trends right now, and things happen, and we see a lot of big companies emerge out of that. 0:14 And y- a decade ago, we saw a lot of things changing, and this is going to be a new decade, and I think this new decade is going to blow us away. And I think of what's changed in technology since the IoT in just 2010. 0:28 [intro music] Welcome to The Peggy Smedley Show, the podcasting voice of IoT and digital transformation, with your host, Peggy Smedley. 0:51 Hello, listeners, and welcome to today's edition of The Peggy Smedley Show. I'm your host, Peggy Smedley. 0:57 Happy New Year, everyone, and I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season and you're ready to dive into a new decade here right with me today. 1:07 I'm pretty stoked about it all, and so for my first segment of the new year, I'd like to preview CES twenty twenty, which officially starts today. 1:17 CES is one of the biggest annual shows in technology, and I think it becomes more and more relevant to the enterprise IoT every year. Don't you? 1:27 I hope you all agree with me because every year when I'm here at the show, I find so many exciting new things in the Internet of Things, AI, and so many other technologies. 1:36 So CES continues to make the transition, I think, from being less about everyday consumer products and more and more about enterprise technology, and we're gonna talk a lot more about that as we continue on. 1:49 Anyway, CES continues to help set the stage every year in terms of tech trends, so it's valuable to observe trends among exhibitors and follow the news on the show floor. 2:01 And I hope to do that all week long as we're going to be talking and telling you more about what's happening here at the show because we're going to have, uh, The Peggy Smedley Show coming to you live from CES all week long, so there's so much to be talking about. 2:15 But today, in segment one, we're going to be actually talking about cybersecurity, smart homes, smart care, EVs, and so much more. 2:24 But even before I get to talking about later on the show, I'll be interviewing Irene Petrick, who is the Senior Director of Industrial Innovation at Intel, so I'm very excited to have her on the show. 2:36 And then I'm going to wrap up the show, as always, with Joshua Peschel, who's the Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University. 2:47 So, as I mentioned, I'm really excited about what this year has in store. So let's get started and talk about, first, smart homes. 2:55 One trend I'm definitely foreseeing kind of reign supreme once again at CES is connected home. 3:02 We always see a lot of trends happening out of CES, and there will be a bunch of smart home exhibitors this year again, and I think we're going to see some pretty cool displays showing innovative solutions for security, lighting and window covering, smart appliances, irrigation systems, and so much more that I think are going to change all of our lives, especially as AI continues to advance. 3:27 And we're not going to just be hearing from, I think, the startups either, and that's what I think is even more exciting because of some of the established companies are going to be there and all around the show floor in all different places, but they're going to be putting their best foot forward to prove they can bring something new to the table as well. 3:50 Something I think we're going to see a lot of this year is companies pursuing, and I think perfecting, AI, uh, integration into their smart home products. 4:00 So we're also going to start seeing how 5G is going to affect this space as well. 4:06 I think standards are also going to be important, and I just saw the other w- week, uh, when I was doing some research that IKEA joined the Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors, and that's a pretty big retailer, uh, taking steps towards universal and open IoT standards for some smart home. 4:25 And I think it's kind of related to the smart home is smart care, and I think it's important to talk about that. Our population is aging, and smart care is going to really explode in the next several years as a result. 4:38 And one solution, uh, you'll see here at CES this year is from Monit, and I actually mentioned it once or twice on the show before, but you can actually see it at the show. 4:50 It's a smart diaper solution that notifies caregivers when a diaper becomes soiled. And I'm kind of curious about this. 4:57 Uh, we really want our elders to age with as much dignity as possible, and technology can help us care for people better than we could ever have thought about before. 5:08 Uh, CES is also showcasing some smart city solutions with its CES Smart Cities Marketplace. 5:15 And again, you can expect a lot of people here, uh, in the smart city space ta-- a-actually talking about 5G and actually showing a lot about it. 5:24 In fact, on the show, uh, we will be, uh, hosting the city of Las Vegas and AT&T to talk about how the city si- transitioned to a smart city. 5:35 And I think this is pretty exciting because you can bet I'll be asking what are all the benefits, what would, uh, the city have done differently, and what others can learn from the city of Las Vegas' experience. 5:50 So when they're on, w- uh, I'll make sure that we ask them not only the easy questions, but some of the tough ones as well. And so be sure to tune in on Tuesday for that awesome discussion. 6:00 Now, transportation is front and center this year as well, with the keynote speaker being Elaine Chao, who is the US Secretary of Transportation, who will be talking about how technology is influencing transportation in our nation. 6:14 And this is important becausePersonally, I wish she would be talking about how the $2 trillion infrastructure money is going to be spent, but that's a discussion for another day. 6:25 But when we talk about things more importantly with this topic, and I'll also mention that electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles will also be big trends here at CES this year. 6:36 There will be, uh, an area again where companies can show off their mobility solutions and offer actually ride and drive experiences. 6:45 I think I'm gonna have to check that out, but I can share most of the announcements, I, I actually can't, I should say, share most of the announcements yet because they're under embargo, but we've been talking to some of the companies behind the scenes. 6:58 But one example is GM and LG Chem's recently announced plans to mass produce battery cells and future EVs, which I think is pretty cool. 7:09 If GM is investing 2.3 billion in this, albeit though kind of a joint venture, you better believe other automakers are paying close attention to that as well. 7:20 So I'm looking forward to sharing more announcements with you as they come out and some of the things we're seeing behind the scenes, but we can't say just yet. So stick around. We're gonna have more, uh, all week long. 7:30 And one more thought on the mobility space. One startup company that will be at CES is Kirk, and Kirk is looking to transform the car rental business with an app that lets people self-rent their vehicle or vehicles. 7:45 And I really like this because it's kind of interesting because individuals can use this platform to enable to share mobility, and car rental companies can use it to optimize fleet management, which I think is really interesting overall, and I think it's a great step in what is happening in the car rental space. 8:04 But let's move on to cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a huge concern, and I think a lot of people will be talking about it again here at CES. 8:13 A startup that's going to be adding to this discussion is NanoLock Security, and this company has developed a flash to cloud cybersecurity solution for IoT devices that are enabling applications like Smart City. 8:28 And ide- the idea is basically for flash to cloud approach leverages flash memory of a device instead of relying on software or an operating system overall. 8:39 And I think if you think about it, that's kind of a different way approach, but that's all the info- information I have on that. 8:47 But I think it's different in general when you look at the way NanoLock is, is kind of doing some things, and I'm hoping I can get them on the show to talk more about it because the information I'm seeing on it is pretty interesting, so I'm trying to talk them into coming on the show and sharing more about it. 9:06 Now, the last trend I'm going to, uh, touch on for this segment is GPUs. 9:12 Imagination Technology recently announced the tenth generation of its PowerVR graphics architecture, and they're saying it's the fastest GPU, uh, IP ever released. 9:24 Now, I think due to the increasingly demanding nature of next gen devices and GPUs are going to need to evolve and keep up, and you've been knowing that we've been talking a lot about this as of late. 9:34 This particular GPU is being called the GPU of everything because it's designed for multiple markets. 9:42 So whether this is a trend we're actually, uh, gonna see at CES or whether other trends will simply imply that we need to see some innovation in GPUs, it's clear to me that twenty twenty will see a lot of progress in the space. 9:57 And as you know, what we've been covering, we're already seeing that. So okay, that's pretty much all that I can cover for this segment. But here's my tip. Here's my tip for you, whether you're at CES or not. 10:10 Uh, I think the biggest thing right now is I think you need to pay attention to a lot of the trends that are coming out of CES because you're gonna always see a lot of newcomers, you're gonna see a lot of more established comers, right? 10:23 And I think it's interesting because I think it, it's kind of ironic, though, that much of what happens out of CES shapes and drives a lot of what we do at the enterprise space. 10:34 So whether, you know, it's what we think as consumers or not, but I think the bigger thing we have to think about is there are a lot of quick evolving trends right now, and things happen, and we see a lot of big companies emerge out of that. 10:50 And a, a decade ago, we saw a lot of things changing, and this is going to be a new decade, and I think this new decade is going to blow us away. And I think of what's changed in technology since the IoT in just 2010. 11:04 We're starting to see 2020 as an exciting place with technologies like AI, 5G, blockchain, AVs, and other, and all kind of teetering on the edge of something big. 11:17 And only in a few short weeks ago, I learned about just the internet for the future. 11:23 But if you think about it, there's so much more that we don't even know about or that I haven't even seen on the show floor, and we always know CES introduces new things that are going to change our lives forever. 11:37 And we saw what happened, so many new things, uh, happen at CES, and I don't even know about them yet. But I do know that this week is going to be a very exciting time when we see new technologies. 11:49 And so you have to watch the trends here at CES because it's not only what's gonna change our lives on the consumer end or what's gonna happen in our homes or our smart cities or all over, but we definitely know it's going to impact us, and we know that artificial intelligence is gonna move things very quickly in our lives, and that's what I want you to keep a close eye on because those trends. 12:10 But we do know that 5G in 2020 is gonna be significant, and because of that, it's going to impact a lot of verticals, a lot of enterprises. So it's very, very important. 12:19 So as I, I, I don't know about you, but I can't wait to ride this out and see what's in store because I'm pretty excited about everything that we're gonna see. 12:29 And this year, I'm hoping to really get a chance to delve into so much more and have some really great interviews with some really great guests. So stick around. There's a whole lot more to talk about. All right. 12:40 That's all the thoughts I have about this segment, but I've got some great guests all week long. We're gonna be talking about all these great shows. 12:48 So, uh, but I want you to tweet at me at ConnectedWMag and share with me what you want to learn about CES, what you want to learn about all year long in 2020, and maybe the whole new decade, because that's what we're gonna get. 13:01 And that's all the time I have for right now, but there's so much more coming right here. Please check out our website at connectedworld.com. We put up a new article as always, and check out thepeggySmedleyShow.com. 13:11 And most importantly, what I want you to do is we're gonna take a quick commercial break, and after this commercial break, we're gonna come back with our first guest of the year. I always love to say that. 13:20 And this is The Peggy Smedley Show, the podcast and voice of IoT and digital transformation. And remember, with great technology comes great responsibility. We'll be right back after this commercial break. [upbeat music]
