Blockchain Rises Again
Kevin Rose interviews Chris Dixon recently. Dixon provides a good overview of the current status of blockchain. I really haven’t heard much about that technology for years. A speaker at a Siemens event maybe five years ago extolled the future of pharmaceutical supply...
Generative AI Is Seemingly Everywhere
Generative AI is all the rage. When it hits all the main-stream media, though, it be already past its prime according to the Gartner Hype Cycle. NVIDIA chips power the GenAI surge. It takes a lot of compute and a lot of electricity to power this technology. Especially...
Turning The Giant: Leadership Challenges in Control and Automation
October 2003. We had a couple of issues of our new trade publication, Automation World, out into the world. There were two user conferences the same week that month. Foxboro (Invensys at the time) held its meeting in Houston. Emerson Process gathered users in Orlando....
Schneider Electric Debuts New Collaborative Robots
MODEX is a material handling show, so it’s not surprising that robotics of various kinds should take a featured place. I’ve written about several lately. I have to say that ever since I was introduced to robots in 1984 that Schneider Electric is not a name that pops...
Seeq Announces Generative AI Capabilities with Seeq AI Assistant
I sincerely hope you are not tired of reading about generative AI, because that will be the news for the rest of the year as each company introduced it as part of their software solution. This one comes from Seeq. Seeq unveiled the Seeq AI Assistant, a generative...
First All-natural Beverage Industry Plastic Bottle Cap
Completely biodegradable solution to replace conventional petroleum-based plastic bottle cap. Material science plus manufacturability are providing some really cool sustainability products. One reason dire projections seldom come true—humans are problem solvers. It...
Slow Productivity
Are you the type of person who is known for getting things done? Is yours the first name that comes to mind when someone in the organization needs a report written or a light bulb replaced? Is “no” a seldom used part of your vocabulary? In other words, do you always...
PICMG Announces Release of New InterEdge Standard
Targeted at Open, Modular Process Control Systems Modular compute, switch, and I/O architecture enables interoperable standard for industrial PCs, PLCs, and distributed control systems. Supports IEC 61499 and IEC 61131 for compatibility with a wide range of automation...
Emerson Jumps Into The Software-Defined Automation Architecture Fray
Sees Boundless Automation as Industry Inflection Point to Address Data Barriers & Modernize Operations Advanced software-defined automation architecture to integrate intelligent field, edge and cloud, unlocking a new era of productivity Global automation leaders...
Advanced Video Skills Training
I first wrote about DeepHow almost a year ago. DeepHow is an AI solution for skilled trades know-how capturing and training. The video platform and capture app empowers organizations to capture their processes on a smart device, upload it into the platform via the...
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