Tour de France Adds ChatGPT, Digital Twin Tech

More data integration with Chat

Tour de France Adds ChatGPT, Digital Twin Tech

By ZDNet, July 5, 2023

The Tour de France bicycle race.

The technologies also will be applied to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the women's counterpart race that was inaugurated last year.

Japan-based information technology and services company NTT said this year's Tour de France will incorporate ChatGPT and "the world's largest connected stadium."

The connected stadium establishes a digital twin of the race using real-time data, to help the Amaury Sports Organization better understand goings-on in support of seamless operation.

NTT will use geolocation and sensors on each bike to capture a continuous flow of data broadcast over radio networks to race vehicles before a microwave signal transmits it to the race's destination, where an edge-computing device will operate a "containerized version" of a real-time analytics platform.

ChatGPT also will provide information to fans via an integration within NTT's artificial intelligence-driven Digital Human solution called Marianne.

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Examining Blockchain for Conditional Auto Access

More in my look at IOT's current activity.  A blockchain type encoding to provide access keys for conditional access.    Note the final suggestion that this could make a smartphone as a kind of universal key.

Jaguar, NTT Team Up with Tech Group on Remote Access Software

Reuters,    Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss     September 30, 2020

German technology group IOTA has announced a partnership with corporations that include automaker Jaguar Land Rover, chipmaker STMicroelectronics, and Japan's NTT Data system integration firm, to launch software that would enable consumers to remotely access and control devices like cars and appliances. The IOTA Access software also can grant and revoke conditional access for use of the remote devices by individuals other than the authorized user. IOTA’s Dominik Schiener said the software will be embedded in Jaguar vehicles. Said Schiener, “With IOTA Access, we have to focus on getting more to the consumer. You want to be able to use your phone to access anything. Our phones should be our personal keys.”

Nokia, Omron, NTT Factory Floor Trial of 5G

Considerable implications by speeding up systems and their broader application.from the use of 5G.

Nokia, NTT DOCOMO and OMRON bring 5G to the factory floor in Industry 4.0 trial
Press Release from Nokia

Trial follows increasing demand for wireless communications at manufacturing sites driven by the need for stable connectivity between IoT devices

5G connectivity leveraged to prove the feasibility of layout-free production line with Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) as well as real-time coaching using AI/IoT
10 September 2019

Espoo, Finland – Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and OMRON Corporation have agreed to conduct joint field trials using 5G at their plants and other production sites. As part of the trial, Nokia will provide the enabling 5G technology and OMRON the factory automation equipment while NTT DOCOMO will run the 5G trial.

The trial follows the increasing demand for wireless communications at manufacturing sites driven by the need for stable connectivity between IoT devices. As background noise from machines and the movement of people have the potential to interfere with wireless communications, the trial will aim to verify the reliability and stability of 5G technology deployed by conducting radio wave measurements and transmission experiments.

During the trial, Nokia, DOCOMO and OMRON will aim to establish the feasibility of the concept of a layout-free production line with Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). As product cycles become shorter due to fast-changing consumer demands, manufacturing sites are under increasing pressure to rearrange production lines at short notice. By taking advantage of 5G's high speed, large capacity, low latency and ability to connect multiple devices, the trial will see AMRs automatically conveying components to the exact spot where they are required based on communication with production line equipment.  .... " 

Future of Video Surveillance

Inevitable.

This Japanese AI security camera shows the future of surveillance will be automated  By James Vincent @jjvincent

The world of automated surveillance is booming, with new machine learning techniques giving CCTV cameras the ability to spot troubling behavior without human supervision. And sooner or later, this tech will be coming to a store near you — as illustrated by a new AI security cam built by Japanese telecom giant NTT East and startup Earth Eyes Corp.

The security camera is called the “AI Guardman” and is designed to help shop owners in Japan spot potential shoplifters. It uses open source technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University to scan live video streams and estimate the poses of any bodies it can see. (Think of it like a Kinect camera, but using 2D instead of 3D data to track people.) The system then tries to match this pose data to predefined ‘suspicious’ behavior. If it sees something noteworthy, it alerts shopkeepers via a connected app. .... "