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Discover BaseN’s wealth of insights – blog posts and thought leadership – on Digital Twins, the Internet of Thing, the Industrial Internet of Thing, digital transformation, digitalization, and other relevant cutting-edge technological innovations in the business landscape.

Cyber Socialism

::: nBlog ::: It is already 32 years ago when I was first presented with a comprehensive view of the connected future, with refrigerators automatically ordering

Shooting Trouble

::: nBlog ::: A friend of mine in Boston told me about a company developing systems for detecting gunshots and quickly calculating their source coordinates and distance.

Emperor’s New Wearables

::: nBlog ::: Since one of our new satellite data visualizations reminded me of recent Marimekko pattern, and after I was supposed to meet their CEO Mika Ihamuotila last

From M2M to IoT to the Real World

::: nBlog ::: During the last year I’ve heard many arguments from embedded hardware manufacturers, telecom operators and enterprises that the Internet-of-Things traffic is just a

Mission Critical Spimes

::: nBlog ::: Today when an industrial company is planning a new digital service, or is transforming an existing product into a digital one, it

The Phone is just one Thing

::: nBlog ::: In 2011 I wrote about virtualizing (spiming) the mobile phone. Now in 2015 it may finally be happening, along with an avalance of other

Sustainable Siren

::: nBlog ::: Yesterday I decided to investigate a small issue with my venerable Saab, namely the hyperactivity of the theft alarm system. Every now and

Advertising in the Spime World

::: nBlog ::: Last week we analyzed a few popular ad networks, or more accurately display advertising services, their traffic patterns and underlying technologies. With its

Your Gloves will be your Friend

::: nBlog ::: During 2014 we saw many introductions of ‘smart wearables™’, from sports shirts to different kinds of fitness bracelets. However, according to early studies,

Resource Management Lessons

::: nBlog ::: When crude oil was first discovered in Western US, it was an extremely cheap and abundant resource which quickly replaced existing lubricants