Le Nouvel Économiste, France: Cognizant’s Assistant Vice President of Consulting Talks About Connected Objects

The connected objects revolution will not sweep away everything in its path, like a tidal wave, says Philippe Mallet. But the effect on working life will not be any less profound and no sector will be spared.

“One can imagine some interesting uses in industry,” he says. “For example, it is possible to equip a nuclear plant technician with not just vertical sensors to alert someone about a fall, but also radioactivity sensors and thermal cameras to locate a leak. If the employee falls and does not get up, the sensor sends an alert that triggers a process.”

In addition, there are other technologies, called augmented reality, such as QR codes on equipment that employees can scan with their laptop to access documentation, or glasses such as Google’s that can display a blueprint of a machine in the wearer’s field of vision. Mallet adds, “There also are drones that can fly repeatedly over a construction zone on a predefined route and retrieve information. This is the next step in preventive maintenance.”

Referring to e-health, Mallet says, “This is a real revolution…It is not simply installing a gadget to a customer. We must rethink its full service approach, and that involves some responsibility since it is about health data.”

“Today, our customers are in an experimental phase,” Mallet notes. “They are interested in connected objects but are still testing the concept in order to minimize the risk.”

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