Written by Stanford Lecturer Timothy Chou he introduces it as “A book written for anyone who wants to be a student of the subject, whether you’re a focused on technology or business.
The first part of the book divides the technology principals into five major areas. We discuss the things or machines themselves, how they are connected, what is done to collect information, how you can learn from things and finally what can be done with what we’ve learned.
The second part of the book contains fourteen case studies that span the major industries of power, water, healthcare, transportation, oil & gas, construction and agriculture. You’ll meet Nick August, who is a farmer on the Cotswalds, learn about how an autonomous train will run from the north of Australia to Perth this year and how you can use machine learning to predict electric grid failure.”
