Latin America. At Harman we have a motto: "expect the dazzling". This means many different things (as should be a good motto), but one of the big ones relates to the idea of innovation. Innovation is a term that people use a lot, but it's really hard to quantify.
What is dazzling today will no longer be innovative tomorrow because we always move towards the new. It's a hard standard to achieve once, and harder to achieve continuously, but at Harman our goal is for our customers to always be dazzled by our products through innovation.
That's what I think when I hear about Harman's union with IBM. By integrating Harman's connectivity solutions with Watson, IBM's innovative cognitive technology, making the AVL solution in a room "think like a human being."
The first presence of this innovative technology is at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. IBM and Harman are working to apply IBM Watson IoT creating voice-enabled cognitive patient rooms. Patients can use voice commands to adjust the feel of their room, altering the temperature, turning off the lights, or even asking if their test results are ready.
The cognitive system is able to answer your questions based on the enormous depth of knowledge about the hospital itself, the ward, the connected devices within the room, employees and much more. The voice-activated assistant can cater to many of your non-medical needs, freeing up medical professionals when they are most needed.
This project simplifies the way people interact with technology and connect with the world around them.
Harman and IBM are working to use AVL systems alongside IoT and cognitive computing to improve the lives of workers, consumers and patients around the world. Of course, there are obvious and immediate applications for IBM Watson IoT-enabled Harman systems in hotel rooms, hospital rooms, and conference rooms, but it also caters to the possibilities in virtually every enterprise and entertainment market.
In the words of Mohit Parasher, President of Harman Professional Solutions, "This is just the beginning."
Text written by S. Kyle Davis.
