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Five Robot predictions for the coming year.

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Advances in robotics, machine learning, and other technologies have increased the pace of this change tenfold. With rapid workplace transformation evident across industries, whether that’s moving to hybrid working or adopting new technologies, what can we expect from 2023? Now more than ever, businesses need to innovate constantly and remain adaptable to survive and expand. As we head into 2023, they will rely ever more on technology and innovation to break new ground with turnkey solutions at heart – all of which make the year ahead an exciting time for automation.

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How to pin using messages on your iPhone:

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If you’re using iOS 15 or newer, you can use the Messages app to pin conversations and links for easy reference later. Go ahead and save that vital convo, so it doesn’t get lost next time someone calls to ask about that work meeting. It’s fast and easy.

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The five best questions to ask in your following job interview (and three not to).

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As cliche as it sounds, a job interview is a two-way process that you and the company choose to invest in. So, take the opportunity to ask at least one question that helps you determine whether the company is the right fit for you. 

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As their old tricks stop working, cyber-criminal perpetrators are forced to innovate.

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Cyberattacks are increasing and evolving as schemers work hard to stay one step ahead of law enforcement. Here are some of the cybersecurity threats I think we’ll see in 2023 based on my role as senior fellow for threat research at Fortra’s Agari.

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The ultimate miniaturization of optical components is impossible with conventional optics—such as 3D visualization and augmented reality that is hard with traditional optics.

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Meta-optical systems enable novel applications not conceivable before, adding to so-called Industry 4.0. Such applications include the Internet of Things, autonomous cars, wearable devices, augmented reality, and remote sensing."

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While the example reflects health care, the fundamentals apply to any provider organization wanting workflow optimization, minimizing staff shortages, and improving the customer experience. RTLS offerings, such as automated nurse call systems, can decrease response times to patient needs by 40% and help healthcare staff find fulfillment in their profession as they gain more time to focus on patient care. RTLS solutions provide healthcare staff more time for patient interaction by reducing manual documentation and workflow bottlenecks while enhancing clear communication between staff.

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Advanced workflow platforms automatically run in the background and produce a significant impact by eliminating non-value-added tasks for caregivers and offering patients proactive status updates, estimated wait times, family text messaging to keep loved ones informed, and providing staff views on display boards that give an easy-to-read layout of each patient's location, the time they've been at the facility, the time they've been waiting for a staff member or provider, and which staff member or provider is currently in their room or was most recently with them.

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Technology-driven hybrid working across enterprises. This disruptive change continues with renewed vigor. New disruptive technologies include the Metaverse and Web3.0, automated systems, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered devices, including better chatbots and robots.

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Investment bank Goldman Sachs sees the Metaverse as an $8-trillion opportunity. And according to JP Morgan the economics of the Metaverse – or metanomics – offers opportunities in almost every area of business with a market opportunity of $1 trillion in annual revenue in a few years. Early this year, JP Morgan became the first bank in the US to open a lounge in the Metaverse, Decentraland. Decentraland, powered by the Ethereum blockchain, lets users buy plots of land with MANA cryptocurrency (used in transacting in the Metaverse).

Analyst firm Gartner predicts that by 2026, one-fourth or 25% of the world’s internet users will spend at least an hour a day in the Metaverse for working, shopping, learning, social interactions, etc.

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With rapid workplace transformation evident across industries, whether that’s moving to hybrid working or adopting new technologies, what can we expect from 2023? Here are five predictions for the coming year.

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Co-development projects where robotics companies and customers work together in developing specific solutions are also bound to increase in 2023 and beyond. Ultimately these allow customers to directly influence the product they are buying, while at the same time delivering valuable feedback for the robotic companies – meaning they will be able to launch a product to the benefit of the whole market.

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