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10 Ways IoT Is Changing Elevators Through Predictive Maintenance

There is no doubt that IoT, or Internet of Things, has been advantageous to businesses by facilitating communication between various devices, as well as between devices and the cloud. Besides business processes, IoT is also transforming infrastructural devices such as elevators and escalators beyond their utilitarian function of carrying people between the levels of a building with speed and comfort. It does so through predictive maintenance. IoT’s technical capabilities let the devices manage large streams of performance data and predict maintenance requirements and impending failures at a fraction of the time and effort it would take a human technician to perform that kind of analysis. Here are the 10 benefits of IoT-enabled elevators:   1. Improved Predictive Maintenance The biggest advantage of IoT-enabled elevators is the improvement of its preventive maintenance schedule and transforming the elevator into a predictive maintenance model. The device can now monitor changes in operating conditions, like heat, friction, or noise. This data is then communicated in real-time from the escalators to maintenance teams and clients, allowing professionals to foresee possible issues before they occur and provide solutions. 2. Ability to Monitor Operating Conditions Depending on the elevator manufacturer and model, IoT-enabled devices enable professionals to gather

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What Are Smart Cities and Why They Are Important

As we move towards a fully connected society, we begin to see the emergence of cities deploying smart solutions to become smart cities. The “smart” in “smart cities do not refer to a characteristic that defines the city’s smartness, but to the city’s ability to create better living environment for its citizens. Smart cities utilise information and communication technology (ICT) to increase operational efficiency and to provide better quality of life to their residents. The main goals of a smart city are to improve efficiency, reduce wastage and inconvenience, improve social and economic quality, and maximize social inclusion. With over half the world’s population currently residing in cities and this number  expected to rise significantly every year, there comes a need to manage environmental, social, and economic sustainability of resources. Smart cities are built around the concept that citizens create the city, not just how citizens can benefit from the services governments can provide to them. Therefore, smart cities are important because they allow citizens and local government authorities to work together to launch initiatives and use smart technologies to manage assets and resources in the growing urban environment. Some examples of smart cities’ use of technology are collecting real-time data

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