Technology has all the potential to improve people’s lives. That said, given the current challenges, it is important to understand how this can help us solve humanity’s problems. Today, we have more access to data coming from wearables, medical devices, environmental sensors, video capture, and other interconnected devices.
They are gadgets and services that allow us easy and immediate access to countless pieces of information. Therefore, when we combine all this with cloud technology, such as computer vision, machine learning or simulation, we can see where this combination of information and applications can take us.
It is precisely from this perspective that Amazon Web Services believes that cloud technologies will shape the year 2023, redefining it in several aspects. Indeed, for Werner Vogels, Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com, in 2023 we will witness an avalanche of innovation that will mark the coming year.
1. Technology in Sport
Television broadcasting has had a huge impact on the evolution of professional sport. In practice, financing what is now a US$500 billion industry and in the years to come, all modalities will undergo a digital transformation.
Companies like Veo are currently driving the cost of this transformation, creating technologies like machine learning, computer vision, and stream processing. This is to reduce the digital divide between amateur and professional athletes.
Not only has Veo created a broadcast-like experience for amateur sports viewers, it has also built a deep neural network that allows it to automatically create highlights from video streams.
This allows players, coaches and recruiters to easily find key tactics, and share them in a way that wasn’t possible before.
Furthermore, top leagues such as the Bundesliga and the NFL have started to use video streaming, wearables, IoT sensors, and other features for real-time analytics and insights. However, looking to the future, these capabilities will continue to advance, and technologies will become an omnipresent force in almost all sports and at all levels.
The world of sport is currently on the verge of the biggest revolution that has ever been recorded, and cloud technologies are at the heart of this change.
2. Smart energy, a new era in 2023
Rising costs and reliable access to energy are global issues and impact everyone. While this isn’t the first time we’ve faced an energy crisis, there are several maturing technologies that are beginning to converge. Thus, together, they will allow us different approaches.
The environment around us produces more than enough renewable energy. The challenge, in reality, is the storage and delivery to the systems that consume this energy.
At this point, Amazon is working in this area – an example of this is the 150 MW battery storage system. Well, what in the state of Arizona provides clean, reliable power to Amazon facilities in that area.
3. Digital Transformation in Logistics
Another topic that has been discussed over the last few years is the fragility of the global supply chain. We all remember moments of empty shelves and delays in product delivery…
While Amazon has improved its supply chains with innovative solutions. Here with digital cargo matching and delivery stations, many companies have continued to grapple with logistical challenges.
However, this reality is about to change and will start with the manufacture of the products themselves. IoT sensors in factories will proliferate and Machine Learning will be used not only to predict machine failures, but also to prevent them.
So less downtime means consistent production. Shipping these products around the world is a completely different challenge.
4. Simulations with an impact on reality in 2023
Simulations will help us make better decisions about the roads we build, the ways we organize our warehouses and the ways we respond to disasters. This is the direction assumed by Amazon for 2023.
With simulation it is possible to peek into the future to assess the impacts of our efforts, running numerous simulation scenarios that answer the questions, without having to wait many years to see what the impact is.
Indeed, this same democratization will inspire a new wave of innovation: in the architecture, construction, commercial real estate, and retail industries.
5. More Custom Hardware, the AWS Promise
Everything from our laptop computers to cell phones and wearable devices are undergoing significant changes with the manufacturing and adoption of custom silicon.
While this adoption has been rapid for consumer products, the same has not been true for enterprise applications and systems. Where software and hardware traditionally have longer update cycles.
However, that will all change in the coming years as the affordability and adoption of custom silicon gains momentum.
As with consumer devices, this has led AWS to invest heavily in chip design in recent years.
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