HP Innovation Journal Issue 06: Spring 2017 | Page 11

HP Chief Engineer, Chandrakant Patel in conver-
sation with Innovation Journal Editor-in-Chief,
Mei Jiang
T
he Innovation Journal’s Editor-in-
Chief Mei Jiang recently had the op-
portunity to sit down with HP’s Chief
Engineer and Senior Fellow, Chandrakant
Patel, to discuss what it’s like to innovate
at HP, and how HP is taking on Megatrends
with breakthroughs in technology, and his
inspiration for engineering amazing.
MEI: Chandrakant, thank you for taking
time out of your busy schedule to lend
your expert perspective to how HP inno-
vates to address the Megatrends impacting
our future. Have you always been driven
to look for ways to solve the challenges of
societies and the world around us?
CHANDRAKANT: Absolutely, I am always
observing and learning how technology
can deliver value by providing useful ser-
vices. A decade ago, my late father bought
an HP All-in-One (AIO) computer in India.
He plugged a USB product called “Magic
Jack” into the HP AIO, and was instantly in
touch with his global community of friends
and family through Internet telephony. He
loved the HP user experience, and that he
could blend these products to overcome
Technologies to make life better at home
the challenges of communication across
the globe. While the network connection
was poor, the voice telephony rarely failed
him and he was also able to enjoy patchy
video conversations.
The value driven purchase — the savings
in telephony as an example — paid back his
computer in its lifetime. While my family and
I lived in the United States, we could provide
for him by taking turns to visit him in India
HP Technical Capabilities
User experience
Machine learning, algorithms, controls
Machine-generated data management
Core engineering to build flexible,
configurable devices with rich data streams
over the course of a year. We employed help
in India, but our conduit for communications
and taking care of his chores such as bills
was all centered around the HP computer
and his masterful solution.
MEI: How do you see Megatrends impact-
ing your future and the ingenuity that will
be required to overcome the challenges
they present?
CHANDRAKANT: I picture myself a decade
from now. Much like my father, l will buy
an HP computing device because it uses
sophisticated cameras and sensors to dis-
cern my emotion and measure my key vital
signs — oxygen saturation rate, respiratory
rate, etc. My children, millennials, are there
for me but are challenged by the mass ur-
banization, traffic, and resource constraints
- and cannot be at my home all the time.
The demographic changes — an aging
population in the United States and health-
care supply side constraints — have made
the HP solution at home an invaluable
ramp for telemedicine driven healthcare.
Furthermore, the same HP computing de-
vice also manages my utilities —  p ower,
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