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The Gamification of Driving Insurance #CES2017
The gamification of driving insurance is one way to describe Liberty Mutual Insurance’s new apps. Intended as a way to provide rating of the actual driving habits of a prospective customer, Highway Hero does so by making a game of driving. With things like leaderboards and badge that allows one to compare metrics with other drivers,…
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From Dumb to Smart IoT Gas Cooktop
It is unsettling to be 50 miles from home and realize that you may have left on the gas stove-top. This isn’t an irrational fear, as, according to the National Fire Protection Association, ranges or cooktops accounted for 62% of the 161,000 home structure fires from cooking equipment in the 2010-2014 period. The founders of…
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The IoT Water Leak Insurance Plan
“We are making insurance tangible,” says David Henry of Roost in the above interview. Henry was speaking to the approach that some insurance companies are taking of bundling Internet-connected devices that detect, alter and prevent accidents. With an average of 14,000 water damage incidents a day and billions paid in claims each year, this preventative strategy makes…
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Ellie – Protecting Babies and More #CES2017
[03/27/20 Update: Rayvio closed up shop last year, but it appears that Ellie re-emerged as LARQ and in addition to UV bottles, they also have bottles that keep beverages hot or cold https://www.livelarq.com/] With its almost 200,000 attendees in relatively close quarters, International CES2017 was the appropriate place to launch Ellie. RayVio CEO, Dr. Robert Walker,…
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Intelligence in Devices and Cars Driving Bandwidth #CES2017
Big data, IoT and 5G were three of the highlighted technologies at Broadband Deluxe, presented by Team Lightbulb at International CES2017. John Abel of Team Lightbulb discusses how these different, but complementary, technologies are going to play a huge role in creating an intelligent transportation system. Abel points out, that, with mesh configurations the cars…
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The Instant Electric Fill-Up #CES2017
One of the hurdles to the mass adoption of electric vehicles is the time it takes to recharge the batteries. Simply, even the fastest charge doesn’t compare to the refuel time of an internal combustion powered vehicle. Atmo Auto Power aims to change that with its robotic battery changing platform. Instead of 30 minutes of…
