Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are urgently needed to quickly solve the refrigeration industry problems, especially now with the distribution of vaccines globally. IoT, Edge AI & Cloud computing can help reduce adverse incidences and manage the cold chain process efficiently through sensor and software technology.
Imagine the sheer size of vaccine production and logistics operation during these times. With the elaborate plan and execution comes spoilage of shipments during transportation and storage. 4000 vaccines in Wisconsin, 2000 in Boston, 16,000 between Maine and Michigan, wasted because of temperature malfunction or human error. Many such incidences maybe go unreported in developing countries where there are more formidable challenges such as power supply, internet/bandwidth, cold chain technology or training, etc. Every quality vaccine is in one life potentially saved.
AI algorithms can process data locally on hardware devices (edge devices) without connections, solving data-transport and data storage problems in the cloud in locations without the internet. Telematics, edge devices with AI & computational capabilities can help provide vital information of the goods in transport or storage and take timely action due to minimal latency during the process. Edge computing can generate data through deep learning on the cloud to produce deductive and predictive models at the edge. AI technology can be used to assess a large amount of multimodal data from a vast number of sensors at high speeds.
