{"id":8608,"date":"2018-08-09T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=8608"},"modified":"2018-06-12T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T17:58:14","slug":"obsolescence-and-recalls-painpoints-of-the-internet-of-things-iot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/obsolescence-and-recalls-painpoints-of-the-internet-of-things-iot\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsolescence and Recalls: Painpoints of the Internet of Things (IoT)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovation and new technology can be cool, but the dark side of innovation is obsolescence. I recently found that my 5+ year old iPad is considered by Apple to be ‘vintage’<\/a>.\u00a0 And at the seven year mark, Apple products are officially considered obsolete.\u00a0 Apple’s product design expects that people use their products for a few years before upgrading to an updated and improved product.<\/p>\n

It used to be that the creators of products could boast that their products would last a lifetime or could be handed down to be enjoyed by multiple generations.\u00a0 Classically styled clothing and furniture made of real solid wood. Now instead of of multi-generational watches, as Frederic Paul<\/a> at Network World pointed out<\/a>, we have the $17,000 gold Apple Watch, introduced in 2015 but which is no longer able to run the most recent version of the operating system.<\/p>\n

As products become internet-enabled and the deployment of IoT devices increase, things are pretty good until device problems are uncovered. Replacing, repairing or upgrading devices in the field can be particularly challenging , expensive, and sometimes hazardous.\u00a0 Consider medical devices.\u00a0 In 2017, the FDA required the recall of 465,000 Abbot Lab pacemakers<\/a> because of security issues.\u00a0 The cost and trouble of locating that many people and remedying the problem can be very difficult.<\/p>\n

Consider automobiles as another example.\u00a0 They’re increasingly being outfitted with new technology.\u00a0 But cars are expensive.\u00a0 Technology that becomes obsolete in three or five years will leave behind a car chassis in good shape but controlled by creaky, failing and outdated electrical components.<\/p>\n

There are also increased electronic waste, the environment side effect of obsolescence.\u00a0 While innovation has benefits, the consequences of obsolescence need to be accounted for too.<\/p>\n

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Innovation and new technology can be cool, but the dark side of innovation is obsolescence. I recently found that my 5+ year old iPad is considered by Apple to be ‘vintage’.\u00a0 And at the seven year mark, Apple products are…<\/span><\/p>\n

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