Jay begins working on clearing a sidewalk using a jackhammer. His smartwatch tracks his progress and notifies his employer when he has progressed 90 meters. This status message is received by both Roger, a business intelligence specialist who uses the message data for his custom application, and Said, the foreman. Said approves the work, notifying the logistics company RoadMind that they can deliver 100 meters of sewer pipe with their self-driving truck Bessie.

1. Jay, a temporary worker, pulls
on his gloves just as his
smartwatch chimes, telling
him that his presence on the
job site has been detected
and he is “punched in.”
Soon, he is operating a
jackhammer to clear a
sidewalk above a sewer line
reroute.

2. When the GPS sensors in Jay’s
and other workers’ watches
detect that they have progressed
90 meters and their watch
gyroscopes detect no more
vibrations, a status message is
sent over the region’s free ultra-
fast “digital air” WiFi.
The status message is picked up
by Roger, a business intelligence
specialist. Roger
has used our open API to build a
custom application merging
network and proprietary data.

3. The jackhammer team’s status
was simultaneously picked up by
a foreman named Said. Said
inspects the work and then taps
the approve button on his watch.
Said’s approval notifies logistics
company RoadMind that they are
clear for their scheduled delivery
of 100 meters of sewer pipe.
RoadMind releases one of their
selfdriving lorries, nicknamed
“Bessie” to pick up the pipe.