PTC ThingWorx has demonstrated its smart mountain bike , which utilizes a Smart Pi hooked up to sensors tracking wheel speed , suspension angle , and angle of the front wheel in order to produce a " digital twin " of the bicycle - an exact digital copy of the physical bicycle . Potential applications for this technology extend beyond the consumer knowing how fast he went on his bike , into the space of predicitve maintenance for example . PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann said " The thing has a voice and it wants to be heard . Check out the demo to see the bike in action. The Internet of Things already has begun to let things speak . The next step is to act on what they"re saying . "
PTC ThingWorx has demonstrated its smart mountain bike , which utilizes a Smart Pi hooked up to sensors tracking wheel speed , suspension angle , and angle of the front wheel in order to produce a " digital twin " of the bicycle - an exact digital copy of the physical bicycle . Potential applications for this technology extend beyond the consumer knowing how fast he went on his bike , into the space of predicitve maintenance for example . PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann said " The thing has a voice and it wants to be heard . The Internet of Things already has begun to let things speak . The next step is to act on what they"re saying . "