Whats a 5G World Look Like

Useful examples of where the new technology will be relevant:

A First Look at What a 5G-Enabled World Looks Like, Courtesy of Samsung and IBM
 Written by: Steve Canepa

Built on the IBM Cloud, the new platform created in partnership with Samsung will now allow firefighters and other first responders to track first responders’ vitals, including heart rate and physical activity, to determine if that person is in distress and automatically dispatch help. (Photo attribution to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd)

For years thought leaders in the technology, telecommunications, and media spaces have offered tantalizing visions of how 5G will transform society: lightning-fast video downloads, self-driving cars, eSports, robotic factories, and other revolutionary technologies yet-to-be imagined.

But these predictions often include qualifying language, reminding readers that, of course, no one can really predict the future, and anyway the real effects of 5G won’t be felt for some time.

It turns out the future is a lot closer than some thought. IBM’s major investments in Open and Secure Hybrid cloud – which enables enterprises of all kinds to collect, store and analyze data they generate – and developments in Artificial Intelligence and IoT, some of the groundwork has been laid for opportunistic companies to start building our collective future, now.

Enter IBM and Samsung. The recent announcement that the two companies are launching a new platform that will bring important new capabilities for first responders is one of the first, examples of how 5G – through cloud and edge computing – is transforming the world, right at this moment.

This platform, which brings together Samsung’s best-in-class 5G-enabled connected devices and services and IBM’s public cloud and AI, is designed to make first responders safer, but has potential applications far beyond that purview in many industries.

It is, in many ways, a model for future 5G applications. Here’s how it works: Samsung’s Galaxy Watches with biometric sensors and Galaxy smartphones enabled with 5G capability, can detect if a firefighter or police officer is suffering from stress or heat exhaustion, and IBM AI alerts other professionals to a potential problem before it becomes a life-threatening condition via IBM Cloud. ... "