{"id":417,"date":"2018-04-07T22:24:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T20:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2026-05-22T23:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:34:37","slug":"advanced-analytics-and-digital-technology-towards-the-fourth-industrial-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/07\/advanced-analytics-and-digital-technology-towards-the-fourth-industrial-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced analytics, and digital technology, towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"content__subheadline content__subheadline--video txt__ct--video\">What are the hardware, software, and financing challenges the world needs to navigate before the enticing vision of the Fourth Industrial Revolution becomes a reality?<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-418\" src=\"http:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hardware-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hardware-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hardware-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hardware-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/actforyourplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hardware-750x475.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The Fourth Industrial Revolution has made some rather exciting promises to society: More streamlined business practices, services that can be customised to the need of every individual, and technologies that deliver such great energy, water, and resource efficiencies that sustainability will be ingrained in the way people work and live.<\/h3>\n<h3>But between today\u2019s world and this promised future is a wide chasm of new hardware and software that needs to be integrated into the digital landscape and built environment. 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