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Gooch Making Connections RE YOU TIRED OF HEARING about the in- work with the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ternet of things (IoT)? If so, you’re out of luck. in Washington, D.C., but knew there were many wounded ci- Forecasts from industry experts vary a bit, but vilians in Iraq who could also benefit from the technology. they all predict the billions of “things” con- He contacted Doctors Without Borders, but the organiza- Anected to the internet will grow to tens of billions in just a tion was already pulling out of Iraq for safety. Through his few years. The IoT continues to grow by leaps and bounds connections at the University of Leuven, Belgium, Vancraen because of the power of those connections. was able to contact a student in Baghdad. “Through wartime, the internet kept working in Baghdad perfectly,” he said. “We DE has covered the early pilots of the IoT and today’s imple- Skyped with each other and I hired him over the internet.” mentations. Leading-edge companies in vertical markets from The new employee began finding victims with severe injuries every sector have begun to reap the benefits of connected prod- and bringing them to hospitals to be scanned. Materialise, with ucts. The real-world use cases don’t always go smoothly, but the the help from many in the 3D printing and medical industries hype surrounding the IoT has always been justified because of who donated time and products, expanded its team in Baghdad the enormous possibilities inherent in those connections. and began delivering 3D-printed prosthetics to patients there. We’re still in the early days of IoT implementations. Experts “During that time, we received, from this community, on expect the future to be filled with the types of cross-industry an annual basis, approximately $1 million in gifts,” Vancraen connections that will allow smart cities and self-driving cars to said. The donations were collected in Leuven, where the flourish. For example, traffic lights and street signs could com- company is headquartered, and shipped to Baghdad with the municate with self-driving cars to provide information on every- help of Doctors Without Borders. thing from traffic congestion to what’s around the corner. Vancraen was able to connect technological innovations As leaders in cross-industry IoT implementations have with the people who could benefit from them and the people already found in smart city integrations in Singapore, Bar- willing to provide them—from 3,000 miles away, during a war. celona and London, it takes more than connecting products to reap the technology’s benefits. You also have to connect The Conference Connection people—the people from different industries who can imple- With the justified news coverage of IoT security concerns, Face- ment the integrations and the city’s residents who can make book’s recent data breach and doomsday artificial intelligence use of smart technologies to find an open parking spot, pay scenarios as a backdrop, it might cause some people to pump the utilities via their phones or avoid traffic jams. brakes on connectivity. But as Vancraen’s story illustrates, making the right connections can do the world a lot of good. The Human Connection If you’ve been to an industry event, you’ve no doubt been Connecting with people is just as important to advancing in- urged to take the time to talk to fellow attendees. I would urge novation as technology. Materialise Co-Founder and CEO you to as well. If you haven’t been to a conference in a while, Wilfried Vancraen was presented with the Additive Manufac- I would urge you to make the time. Online social networking turing Users Group (AMUG) Innovators Award at AMUG makes it easy to connect over distances and time constraints, 2018 last month. During an on-stage discussion that covered but it pales in comparison to meeting face to face. A gather- the company’s founding in 1990 to his outlook for the future, ing of engineers from different industries is the perfect place he shared a story that is the perfect example of making human to make the types of deep connections that can help you solve connections to bypass technological adoption roadblocks. product design and development technologies, as well as over- During the Iraq War, Vancraen was frustrated with what come the cultural roadblocks that often hinder innovation. DE he knew technology was capable of providing and its lack of widespread use. 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