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...
Podcast 178 What Problem Are You Solving
Podcast 178 What Problem Are You Solving It has been said that computers are great at generating questions. They just can’t figure out the right question. Engineers are problem solvers. That is 99% of their education. Thing is—are they solving the right problem?...
Control System Simulator Helps Operators Learn to Fight Hackers
Simulators are great training tools. It sure beats flying 777s around for your annual pilot recert. Gaming technology has become so good along with many other technologies, that operators of process plants and machinery should be well trained to respond appropriately...
On The IT/OT Conference Road Again
There are many conferences and events this late summer/fall time frame. I used to try to make every event partly to gather information about the state of the market and partly in support of sales at the magazine I was at. These days, I cannot afford every trip at an...
Defining Your IoT Terms Such As Edge and IT/OT Convergence
Defining terms enhances effectiveness of communication—especially in this new Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) space. The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) leads the way bringing companies and people together to accomplish this sort of work. I floated a...
Location Sensing Partnership Offers New Take on Digital Twin
Quuppa introduced me to its unique location sensing technology at Hannover last April and I wrote about it here. Today’s announcement concerns a partnership with Ubisense Group plc, a market leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, as part of Ubisense’s...
End-to-End Metal Additive Manufacturing Solution for Volume Manufacturing
Moving additive manufacturing from plastics to metal and from hobbyist bench to the factory has attracted much attention. One of the problems with metal 3D printing (additive manufacturing) has been holding high tolerance for consistency. Velo3D today announced...
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