Open Source Faces Off Versus Proprietary Software
Two Polish software developers engage in conversation weekly on The Podcast. One wrote the original version of Nozbe the Getting Things Done app I use. Michael Sliwinski talked of using open source software to help him write his app and start his company. His Apple...
IMTS 2018 Features Variety of Manufacturing Technologies
IMTS has been a huge show for many years. As you might expect from a trade show, the theme is broad. Exhibitors are a diverse lot. Things I saw indicating a new wave of technologies including machines designed to work with humans (so-called “cobots”) and various...
Siemens and Bentley Systems strengthen strategic alliance expanding digital enterprise
Developing digitalization using standards from plant design engineering through the entire production process and extending to the supply chain remains core to my interests. My past work with MIMOSA pointed to this. Siemens strategic moves are fascinating in this...
Project Work and IMTS Update
I haven’t been here for a while. I do project work (when I can get it), and every late summer/early fall my for 30 years has been assigning referees to soccer matches. This year western Ohio has witnessed more rain than I remember. My rain gauge showed 11 inches from...
Augmented Reality Tool Assists Manual Assembly Processes
Humans are still essential for many manufacturing processes. Especially for assembly. But assuring the correct parts go in the assembly in the correct orientation is essential. Enter an augmented reality (AR) tool to help. Light Guide Systems partnered with...
Veronika Schmid-Lutz (SAP) Elected Chair of OPC Foundation Board of Directors
OPC Foundation’s continuous improvement program extended with the addition of new Chair for its Board of Directors. I haven’t had an OPC Foundation conversation since April. Based on conversations with numerous leaders in Hannover, I think this is a great step forward...
Reflecting on Labor Day
Once upon a time, people made useful things in the shop under their apartment or in the shed out back. The product of their labor was very much a piece of themselves. A little bit of their soul went into their creation. Then some men had a brilliant idea. Since the...
Three Dangerous Ideas From Ray Kurzweil
Peter Diamandis, entrepreneur and founder of Singularity University and XPRIZE among many other things, interviewed his friend Ray Kurzweil at the Googleplex for a 90-minute (live) webinar on disruptive and dangerous ideas. Diamandis promotes what he calls Abundance...
Industrial Networking Enabling IIoT Communication White Paper
Industrial Networking Enabling IIoT Communication white paper Working consortia of companies and individuals researching a technology provide great guidance for users of the technology—usually in the form of white papers. The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has...
Dell Edge and IoT Solutions Extend to Video Surveillance
Dell’s Edge and IoT Solutions bring new live to streaming video applications. Dell also expands portfolio of VMware solutions. VMWorld presented by VMWare brought a crowd to Las Vegas this week—but not me. I know of bunch of Dell people there, but I’m not tapped in to...
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