InformationWeek 500, 2011: Fast, Focused, and Better Funded
For the new look of business technology innovation, check out the dashboard of a Peterbilt semitrailer truck, which can tell the driver how the engine's performing and whether his rig can fit under that bridge along his route. Or check out a Waste Management trash compactor equipped with a sensor and a mobile device that phones home for pickup when it's full. Or consider a virtual-reality headset at a Lehigh Valley Health hospital that distracts a burn patient while her bandages are changed, replacing heavy-duty painkillers. Or log in to a Vail Resorts smartphone app that lets snowboarders know how many vertical feet they've ridden and automatically posts that information to their Facebook pages.
About the Author
Chris Murphy is editor of InformationWeek, where he has worked as an editor and writer since 1999. Before joining InformationWeek, he was editor of the Budapest Business Journal, a business weekly in Hungary, and a daily newspaper reporter in Grand Rapids, Mich. Chris holds a BA in Economics and Journalism from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Virginia.
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