How Edge Drives Innovation: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Gaming
A new article on Forbes reports that edge computing systems are getting more and more widely used in different sectors because industries have realized the potential they hold for increasing innovation.
The author explains:
Edge computing can help prevent breakdowns in factories. By using the tech to monitor pumps, motors, and valves - which are all prone to mechanical failure - reaction times can be dramatically reduced, along with costly downtime. Metrics can quickly reach the right engineers, allowing many issues to be prevented before they happen. Edge can also:
In medicine, patients can be fitted with monitors during their daily activities. That enables the real-time transmission of vital signs and other health data, allowing physicians to predict problems and react more quickly to critical situations. Edge can also:
Improve patient-centred care by aligning doctors and patients using real-time data-intake mechanisms
Enhance climate control, using smart thermostats, allowing laboratories to better manage climate-controlled storage of test samples
In gaming, edge computing can provide more seamless and realistic player experiences. Edge computing means game designers can place resources closer to gamers. Edge can also:
Across industry, there are good reasons to utilize edge computing. When it's not practical to have a server rack, AWS customers - for example - can run edge computing workloads from remote locations with little or no connectivity. Joshua Burgin is General Manager of AWS Outposts:
The author explains:
| "The edge represents locations beyond centralized clouds where data is either processed or analyzed close to where it's created. In many cases, this data is generated by a device, such as a camera or sensor, that is connected to the Internet of Things. Edge technology at factories allows data analytics to flag damaged parts before they break. In healthcare, wearables worn by patients package data before sending the information to an edge server for analysis. The edge also provides immersive, multiplayer gaming experiences that are consistent across the world." |
Edge computing can help prevent breakdowns in factories. By using the tech to monitor pumps, motors, and valves - which are all prone to mechanical failure - reaction times can be dramatically reduced, along with costly downtime. Metrics can quickly reach the right engineers, allowing many issues to be prevented before they happen. Edge can also:
- Track and trace assets like industrial equipment and tools.
- Develop digital twins. That's where software-generated clones are employed to bring precision detail to forecasts and scenario testing.
In medicine, patients can be fitted with monitors during their daily activities. That enables the real-time transmission of vital signs and other health data, allowing physicians to predict problems and react more quickly to critical situations. Edge can also:
Improve patient-centred care by aligning doctors and patients using real-time data-intake mechanisms
Enhance climate control, using smart thermostats, allowing laboratories to better manage climate-controlled storage of test samples
In gaming, edge computing can provide more seamless and realistic player experiences. Edge computing means game designers can place resources closer to gamers. Edge can also:
- Help to boost game design innovation by giving developers the freedom to create without distractions, like limitations posed by hardware management
- Help to address capacity issues by using the cloud at the edge for compute capacity
Across industry, there are good reasons to utilize edge computing. When it's not practical to have a server rack, AWS customers - for example - can run edge computing workloads from remote locations with little or no connectivity. Joshua Burgin is General Manager of AWS Outposts:
| "It's not a one-size-fits-all. Some workloads run in the region. Some workloads run on the Outpost. Some things might run on custom hardware, a sensor running AWS IoT Greengrass, or on a Snowcone or Snowball in a fully rugged, disconnected location. Then, they can all connect together for the same company--or in some cases, the same end-to-end workload--and really deliver that consistent experience to people." |
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