As a summer heat wave scorches much of the US, power grids are strained leaving outages for many citizens. An e-coli outbreak leads to the largest food recall ever, calling for sensor technology to be used for food safety. Emerging technologies like AI and blockchain could lead to solving a lot of key challenges of our era. A recent Sikich report shows the manufacturing industry slow to adopt IoT as only 10% of those surveyed are currently using IoT tech.