Building automation is moving toward mindful, interacting devices

In this world, we can interact with each other and our smart building bots


With building automation, we are moving away from centralized clouded thinking and moving our thoughts to humanized mindful interacting devices, according to an article from Building Operating Management on the FacilitiesNet website. 

The future cloud will resemble a library containing tools to build self-sufficient edge devices and be the information banks for these bot-like devices.

New technologies are exploring the ability to speak almost natural language and, since their natural language has become part of interaction programs, these devices can now join in the conversation.

In this world, we can interact with each other and our smart building bots to create a relationship and a virtual fabric while creating building emotion. 

Read the article.

 

 



November 5, 2018


Topic Area: Information Technology


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