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The Industrial Internet is bigger than every other trend we have researched combined. And investing in it could generate massive returns for investors over the next several years. You see, the Industrial Internet does not just revolve around one industry like technology or mining. It will impact every industry you can think of. For example, there are roughly 11 billion devices that are connected to the Internet today – according to networking giant Cisco. In six years, more than 50 billion devices will be connected. Almost every electronic device you can think of – from mobile phones, tablets, and televisions to appliances, cars, GPS systems, and cameras – will connect to the Internet. Not only will these devices be connected, they will be talking to each other... figuring out problems... learning... and even predicting the future... Take Google's self-driving car, for example. Google has been developing a car that can drive around cities safely without a human behind the steering wheel. In fact, it has no steering wheel, accelerator, or brake pedal. It uses video and sensor technologies to monitor the environment and avoid accidents. These cars drive themselves safely. They don't run red lights, they don't make illegal U-turns, and they don't cut people off. You can even sleep while you "drive" them. It sounds like science fiction. But many of the intelligent technologies that make driverless cars possible have become available over the last decade. The oil industry, for instance, uses wireless sensors to monitor pumps in oil wells located onshore and offshore. These sensors detect problems that could potentially cause tens of millions of dollars in damage. They also reduce the number of accidents in the workplace by solving problems more quickly than the average worker. According to Berg Insight, a connectivity market-research firm in Sweden, the global oil and gas industry used 423,000 connected devices at the end of 2013. Berg estimates that number will rise by more than 21% each year, to 1.1 million by 2018. As we mentioned earlier, Union Pacific uses traction sensors on its 3,000-plus locomotives in operation each day. These sensors are put on bearings to measure vibration, on tanker valves to measure pressure – and even on doors to monitor if someone is trying to steal expensive cargo. Sensors are also used in airplanes, cargo trucks, and control towers. Roughly 10% of flights are delayed or cancelled due to weather and unexpected mechanical problems. This affects 60,000 planes each year, causing major stress for seven million passengers. These cancellations are terrible for the airlines, as well. According to GE, they cost the industry more than $8 billion a year. Sensors can fix these problems. Imagine identifying small mechanical problems on an airplane before it lands. Published excerpt from Frank Curzio’s Small Stock Specialist Newsletter, a Stansberry Research publication.TRANSCRIPT
