2017 was the year Artificial Intelligence (AI) became pervasive in homes, thanks in part to aggressive ad campaigns from Amazon and Google declaring their digital home assistants the new must-have household appliances, bringing the consumer vision of…

In the coming years, the Internet of Things presents an enormous opportunity to transform society by unlocking and unleashing a world of data that, until now, has either been uncollected or has sat largely unused.

The revolution will be digitized

At present…

The smart home is becoming a reality

Finally, the smart home is starting to mean something to the average homeowner, who is not a geek. It has taken time to get the key foundational elements in place to enable a connected smart home, as we all now take…

This article is part of a larger investigation into how IoT is affecting businesses in real ways.
Find out more in the 2017 IoT Business Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit

More than any other industry, the retail and consumer goods sector sees the…