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• Agentic AI: Thoughts for the Customer

  When 2025 began, the anticipated term of the year was generative AI (artificial intelligence), a term that has been gaining momentum for a few years—and then somewhere in the first or second quarter of 2025 agentic AI smacked us in the face. If you have been following along here at Connected World and The Peggy [...]

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• Inside the Mind of an Educator

  His name is Irfaan Peerun, Griffith University, Australia. That’s the name you should be pondering as we continue to introduce you to him. And if you have been following this blog for some time, then you will likely have heard many of the statistics related to the labor shortage in the construction industry. Here in [...]

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• Study Uncovers Top Safety Challenges in Construction

  Is safety the key to enticing more workers to consider a career in the construction industry? It certainly isn’t the only step, but it is one pillar, and the investment in safety is worth it for a number of reasons. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Admin.) shares some interesting statistics, saying companies save more than [...]

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• Success Stories: Digitally Powered Airports

  Airports are increasingly embracing digital innovation, as operations become more complex and realtime coordination becomes essential. One example of this trend is the rollout at Nantes Atlantique Airport in France, which recently implemented the Airport Community App across its entire campus workforce. The deployment at Nantes follows successful implementations at other airports within the VINCI [...]

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• Fact of the Week – 12/15/2025

  #Factoftheweek $15.6 billion in 2025 rises to $23 billion by 2036 The global RFID (radio-frequency identification) market is accelerating, and IDTechEx now forecasts growth from $15.6 billion in 2025 to $23 billion by 2036. After digging into IDTechEx’s latest research, one thing is clear: There are many regional differences to note with RFID. Here are [...]

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