The emergence of big data has allowed miners to predict and eliminate potential problems in mining equipment . The Internet of Things is expected to take things further than anyone ever expected
Written by : ROBERT SPENCE
IN THE 2011 film Limitless , a struggling writer obtains a mysterious pill that enables him to access 100 percent of his brain abilities , helping him to reap monetary benefits by becoming a financial wizard . For the mining industry , that mysterious pill is the Internet of Things .
The introduction Widely credited to Kevin Aston while working at Proctor & Gamble in 1999 , the Internet of Things ( loT ) refers to a giant network of connected objects or “ things .” These connected things ,
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