Voice AI Platform Reaches Three Right-to-Left Languages
I’ve passed along a string of news from Voice AI platform developer Deepgram. This news announces the expansion of the Voice AI platform to Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu. I guess the unfortunate timing is that Israel (Hebrew) and Iran (Persian) are now at war. They...
Catching Up With Tom Burke and His Inductive Automation Pivot
I was on a family trip to the Phoenix area and caught up with old friend Tom Burke. We've known each other since my early editor days through his leadership of OPC Foundation. He left OPC Foundation some time ago and spent time with Mitsubishi and the CC Link Partners...
Misleading AI News
Update 2: Check out this Om Malik look at the Block news. He looks at how Dorsey tried to switch the narrative from bad management to AI. Wall Street rewarded job cuts--as it always does. Not vision. Update: John Gruber at Daring Fireball takes a similar stance on the...
Manufacturing Industry Forecast 2.9% Growth in 2026 As Asia Leads The Way
Sort of following up on my recent podcast (also on YouTube) thinking about manufacturing activity and leadership (or lack thereof), this latest report from Interact Analysis (still my favorite analysis site) sheds some light on the matter. 2026 manufacturing industry...
Mitsubishi Electric US Announces Structural Reorganization in the US
I have been wondering how long Mitsubishi Electric Automation could continue on its own. Even given a couple of recent acquisitions (Iconics and Nozomi, for example), it follows other international control companies who followed customers establishing manufacturing in...
Age of Automation, a Global Film Series Produced by BBC StoryWorks
Check out these short stories about applications of automation. As I’ve written for decades, automation is not all about replacing jobs but in enhancing the ability of humans to solve problems. The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) announced the launch of Age...
Open, Proprietary, or Managed Ecosystems by Bill Lydon
I tell publicists continually that this is a personal blog. That I write everything—except for quotes and relevant parts of releases. Bill Lydon has been colleague and media competitor for decades. I had experience and some technical skills. His puts mine to shame. I...
Podcast Released on Manufacturing Jobs in America
I was intrigued by an item in News Items by John Ellis quoting the Wall Street Journal regarding the continued slide in manufacturing employment in the US and the prolonged slide in manufacturing activity. The first Trump administration elicited promises of moving...
AI and Programming: A Useful tool
I reflected recently on the changers in programming since my first experiences around 1977. Everything back then was text based. You typed everything line-by-line. I started with BASIC and assembler. And also RPG on an IBM minicomputer. Went to C and C++ and then...
Schneider Electric Foxboro Software Defined DCS Open Platform
I wrote recently about two announcements regarding “open” DCS platforms designed for easing the migration and upgrade path for owner/operators. This news looks at the Schneider Electric (Foxboro) announcement. Schneider Electric announced EcoStruxure Foxboro Software...
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