{"id":2250,"date":"2016-11-11T09:28:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T17:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pro.harman.com\/insights\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2016-11-11T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T17:49:39","slug":"harman-and-ibm-pioneering-voice-enabled-cognitive-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro.harman.com\/insights\/enterprise\/harman-and-ibm-pioneering-voice-enabled-cognitive-rooms\/","title":{"rendered":"HARMAN and IBM Pioneering Voice-Enabled Cognitive Rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

At HARMAN, we have a motto: \u201cexpect brilliance.\u201d<\/a> This means many different things (as a good motto should), but one of the big ones relates to the idea of innovation. Innovation is a term people use a lot (we have a whole series<\/a> on the topic ourselves), but it is really hard to quantify. Brilliance and innovation are high standards, and ones that you can only meet now. What\u2019s brilliant today will no longer be innovative tomorrow. You must push forward to the new thing. It\u2019s a hard standard to achieve once, much less continually (as we\u2019ve done for more than 70 years), but at HARMAN, our goal is for our customers to expect<\/em> brilliance. Innovation is what we do.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I think about when I hear about HARMAN\u2019s partnership with IBM<\/a>. By integrating HARMAN\u2019s connectivity solutions with Watson, IBM\u2019s innovative cognitive technology, the AVL solution in a room can, to use IBM\u2019s words, \u201cthink like a human.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first manifestation of this innovative new technology is at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. IBM and HARMAN are doing pioneering work to use IBM Watson IoT to create\u00a0voice-enabled cognitive patient rooms. Patients can use voice commands to adjust the feel of their room, altering the temperature, turning out the lights or even asking whether their test results have come in yet. The cognitive system is able to respond to their inquiries based on the huge depth of built-in knowledge about the hospital itself, the room, the connected devices within the room, the employees and much more. The voice-activated assistant can tend to many of their non-medical needs, freeing up medical professionals when they are most needed.<\/p>\n

This is what I think of when I expect brilliance: an innovative solution that solves real-world problems in a way no other manufacturer has done before. This is just one of many such solutions HARMAN is working on, as we find ways to provide solutions that offer a truly connected lifestyle. With pioneering work like HARMAN is doing with our partnership with IBM, we are simplifying the way people interact with technology and connect to the world around them.<\/p>\n

Together, HARMAN\u00a0and IBM are working\u00a0to use AVL systems along with\u00a0IoT and cognitive computing to improve the lives of workers, consumers and patients around the world. Of course, there are obvious and immediate applications for HARMAN\u00a0systems enabled by IBM Watson IoT in hotel rooms, hospital rooms and conference rooms, but you can also imagine the possibilities in practically every enterprise and entertainment market we serve.<\/p>\n

In the words of Mohit Parasher, President of HARMAN Professional Solutions, “This is just the beginning.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more about the artificial intelligence solution at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital:<\/p>\n

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