For the first time in recent weeks, we as publishers are starting to feel a little more in control and optimistic. Finally somebody at Government level is intervening to stabilise things in the South ...
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“Ingenuity shapes the world we live in today,” were the words Emerson Process Management president, Steve Sonnenberg, chose to open the 2014 Global User Group Exchange held this year in Orlando, Florida. The ...
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By the time you receive this issue of the magazine, the Technews IT developers will have put the finishing touches to one of the most significant Internet initiatives this company has ever undertaken. ...
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Much has been written and spoken about Industrie 4.0 in the past year or so. It’s now time for early adopters to lay the foundations so that they can reap the benefits of this initiative.
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Cognitive computing Sustainable manufacturing, as defined by the US Department of Commerce, is the creation of manufactured products using processes that minimise negative environmental impacts, conserve ...
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Biomimicry is a relatively new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve current technological problems. The underlying principle is that nature, ...
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Pie in the sky?
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Wikipedia defines Industrie 4.0 as a project in the high-tech strategy of the German government to promote the computerisation of traditional industries such as manufacturing. The goal is the intelligent ...
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Industrial wireless is predicted to be one of the next inflection points down the evolutionary path of industrial automation, and it’s about way more than just the ‘savings’ on wiring. Today’s technology ...
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Most potential users of industrial wireless networks will probably pick one of the two mainstream wireless technologies and accept that the choice is mutually exclusive – either ISA100.11a or ­WirelessHART.
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For this year’s scada review we have updated questions in line with changing technology trends and have published supplementary online resources for added reader value.
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