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Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Internet of Things Shaking up Jobs

Some interesting examples of business IOT.  My electric meter was recently turned into an IOT device.

" ... After the town of Cary, N.C., installed a water meter system that automatically radios water usage to the public works department, it eliminated 10 meter-reading positions. The water resources group operates today with a smaller staff, thanks to the Internet of Things.

Workers used to check some 60,000 water meters once a month. Now the new meters record water usage each hour and transmit that usage data by radio four times per day. ... " 

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