Future Technologies
Future Technologies operational connectivity
Living Lab

Learn. Validate. Deploy with confidence.

The Future Technologies Living Lab helps organizations evaluate connectivity architectures, technologies, and operational use cases before investing in production deployments. Experience complete operational solutions running together across the Operational Connectivity Architecture. Bring a business challenge and leave with a validated approach, a conceptual design, and a practical roadmap.

Why the Living Lab

Reduce deployment risk before you invest

Modern operational environments depend on multiple technologies working together. The challenge isn't selecting individual products, it's designing an architecture that delivers the right operational outcomes.

The Living Lab helps organizations compare technologies, validate architectures, and reduce deployment risk before committing capital.

Whether you're modernizing a single facility or transforming operations across an enterprise, the Living Lab helps you move forward with confidence.

Inside the Living Lab
The Future Technologies Living Lab floor with partner demonstration areas
The Living Lab floor
Ericsson private cellular core and network hardware racked in the Living Lab
Private cellular core
Wireless radios mounted on a test mast in the Living Lab
Wireless on the test mast
An autonomous mobile robot connected over a 5G router in the Living Lab
AMR on private 5G
A customer session on the Future Technologies stage in the Living Lab
Workshops and sessions
The Future Technologies Living Lab test floor with multiple networks running together
Multi-network test environment
A connected industrial forklift demonstrated in the Living Lab
Connected vehicle demo
An operational visibility station showing site mapping in the Living Lab
Operational visibility
Network and edge hardware racks in the Living Lab
Network and edge hardware
Lab on Wheels

Bring the Living Lab to your site

Taking innovation on the road, the Lab on Wheels delivers the Living Lab experience directly to you.

Future Technologies Lab on Wheels, taking innovation on the road

Our Lab on Wheels mobilizes the brick-and-mortar Living Lab experience and delivers it directly to customers, showcasing how connectivity enables our clients' edge and AI solutions with real-life use cases and business outcomes.

The Lab on Wheels can be booked for customer site visits, with our team leading proof-of-concept workshops and lunch-and-learns tailored to your desired business outcomes. You can also spot the Lab on Wheels at select trade shows and Future Technologies-hosted workshops and events throughout the year.

Book the Lab on Wheels
On the road
Future Technologies engineers walking customers through the live network rack inside the Lab on Wheels trailer
Inside the Lab on Wheels
The Lab on Wheels parked at a customer site during a visit
On-site customer visit
The Lab on Wheels on display at a trade show
At a trade show
The Lab on Wheels trailer on the road
Taking innovation on the road
Engagement model

Living Lab Engagement Model

Every engagement begins with your business objectives, not a technology discussion.

Step 1 · Learn
Living Lab Workshop

Explore complete operational architectures working together.

Step 2 · Validate
Conceptual Design

Translate objectives into a validated architecture and phased roadmap.

Step 3 · Deploy with Confidence
Implementation & Lifecycle Services

Architecture through lifecycle support with one accountable partner.

Ready when you are

Ready to validate your strategy?

Whether you're evaluating Operational Video, Private Cellular, Wireless WAN, Industrial Networking, or a broader Connectivity Transformation initiative, the Living Lab helps you compare options, validate architectures, and build confidence before deployment.

Who Should Attend

  • Operations Leaders
  • IT & OT Teams
  • Engineering
  • Network & Infrastructure Teams
  • Digital Transformation Leaders
  • Executive Sponsors

What You'll Leave With

  • Validated technology options
  • Recommended architecture
  • Deployment considerations and identified risks
  • Conceptual design and phased roadmap
  • Greater confidence before investing

How to Engage

Schedule a Living Lab Workshop

Collaborate with Future Technologies experts to evaluate challenges and identify the right path forward. Recommended for organizations exploring modernization initiatives.

Start a Conceptual Design

Work with Future Technologies to develop a conceptual architecture and implementation roadmap aligned to your operational requirements.

Position your strategy for confident deployment.

Bring a business challenge to the Living Lab. Compare technologies, validate the architecture, and leave with a conceptual design and a phased roadmap.

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