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Flexible force measurement: materials testing on the move
Flexible force measurement: materials testing on the move
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Force measurement is an essential part of product manufacturing across a vast array of industries. However, relying on large and expensive force…
Real-time supply chain management for industry 4.0
Real-time supply chain management for industry 4.0
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Automation in factories is often the first thought people have when they consider Industry 4.0. While manufacturing automation can be…
How engineering can build a plug and play for obsolescence
How engineering can build a plug and play for obsolescence
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It is a direct consequence of human progress that everything becomes obsolete in the end. All ideas and products have…
Smart factories: Choosing the right industrial software
Smart factories: Choosing the right industrial software
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According to the "Smart Factories and the Modern Manufacturer" report, investments in smart manufacturing are set to drive a 27 percent increase in…

The advantages of hardware-independent software for the smart factory
The advantages of hardware-independent software for the smart factory
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According to the Smart Factories and the Modern Manufacturer report, investments in smart manufacturing are set to drive a 27 per cent increase in efficiency over the next five years, boosting the global economy by a…
Software-defined car takes shape
Software-defined car takes shape
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How will the car of the future look like? Normally, this is the topic of board meetings in the automotive industry. At NXP’s ‘FTF Connects’ conference in San Jose it…
Pacemakers and electrical interference: Everyday tech a potential issue
Pacemakers and electrical interference: Everyday tech a potential issue
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During the French Revolution, beheading was the preferred method of execution. The guillotine was used for thousands of executions, meaning there was no shortage of experimental material for biologist Marie Francois Bichat. Bichat tested the…
How electrical interference can cause pacemaker issues
How electrical interference can cause pacemaker issues
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During the French Revolution, beheading was the preferred method of execution. The guillotine was used for thousands of executions, meaning there was no shortage of experimental material for biologist Marie Francois Bichat. Bichat tested the…
Quantum dots promise new display innovations
Quantum dots promise new display innovations
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Quantum dot manufacturer Nanosys (Milpitas, CA) was at SID DisplayWeek (Los Angeles Convention Center, CA) speaking about quantum dots in the Business Conference, presenting papers in the symposium session, and…
Nanosys Details the Future of Quantum Dots
Nanosys Details the Future of Quantum Dots
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Quantum dot manufacturer Nanosys was at SID DisplayWeek speaking about quantum dots in the Business Conference, presenting papers in the symposium session and showcasing its technology on the exhibit floor…
China’s ARM twist underlines strategic nature of tech
China’s ARM twist underlines strategic nature of tech
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The strategic nature of technology underlies what ARM is doing forming a joint venture company to take IP to market in China…
Turning up the lights on dark data
Turning up the lights on dark data
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In 1945, an engineer named Percy Spencer was testing energy sources for radar equipment in a laboratory, when he realised a chocolate bar in his pocket had somehow melted. Not…
Liverpool cyber-attack sparks debate
Liverpool cyber-attack sparks debate
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Industrial computing specialist Distec is calling for businesses to reassess the security of their hardware and software following the latest cyber-attack. On Monday, May 29, a large digital screen was…
China’s ARM twist underlines strategic nature of tech
China’s ARM twist underlines strategic nature of tech
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The strategic nature of technology underlies what ARM is doing forming a joint venture company to take IP to market in China…
RaspberryPi brings Industry 4.0 to small, medium businesses
RaspberryPi brings Industry 4.0 to small, medium businesses
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The purpose of Industry 4.0 is to intelligently network the numerous links of a process chain. As a result, all steps down to individual sub-processes should be displayed transparently to…
RaspberryPi for industrial applications
RaspberryPi for industrial applications
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The purpose of Industry 4.0 is to intelligently network the numerous links of a process chain. As a result, all steps down to individual sub-processes should be displayed transparently to…
Technology talk at IMEC Forum
Technology talk at IMEC Forum
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At the IMEC Technology Forum held in Antwerp this week An Steegan, executive vice president of semiconductor technology and systems at the Belgian research institute IMEC, gave a technical presentation…
Smart buildings: Optimizing energy efficiency, costs with IoT
Smart buildings: Optimizing energy efficiency, costs with IoT
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In recent years, the number of smart buildings has risen exponentially, and looking at the current trajectory we are unlikely to witness a change in this pattern – certainly not…
Optimising energy efficiency and cutting spend: going smart with IoT
Optimising energy efficiency and cutting spend: going smart with IoT
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In recent years, the number of smart buildings has risen exponentially, and looking at the current trajectory we are unlikely to witness a change in this pattern – certainly not…
Cloud-based DRC/LVS tools: affordable EDA for SMEs
Cloud-based DRC/LVS tools: affordable EDA for SMEs
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The recent expansion of small and medium enterprises needing to produce IC designs to support high growth areas such as Internet of Things (IoT) has led to a new EDA…
Power quality in the medical sector
Power quality in the medical sector
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You may have seen a lot more people checking in at A&E or taking selfies from their hospital bed recently. It’s not that all your Facebook friends have suddenly been…
Tapping the nanopower of energy harvesting IoT, wearable systems
Tapping the nanopower of energy harvesting IoT, wearable systems
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At the low end of the power spectrum are the nanopower conversion requirements of energy harvesting systems such as those commonly found in IoT equipment, which necessitate the use of…
Technology talk at IMEC Forum
Technology talk at IMEC Forum
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At the IMEC Technology Forum held in Antwerp this week An Steegan, executive vice president of semiconductor technology and systems at the Belgian research institute IMEC, gave a technical presentation…
Tapping the strength of Nanopower
Tapping the strength of Nanopower
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At the low end of the power spectrum are the nanopower conversion requirements of energy harvesting systems such as those commonly found in IoT equipment, which necessitate the use of…
Finland’s autonomous cars start communicating
Finland’s autonomous cars start communicating
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VTT, Finland’s renown technical research center, is testing autonomous driving with two vehicles, baptized Marilyn and Martti. Two, because it takes at least two to test automated communications. Now the…
Cloud computing in industrial automation offers clear benefits
Cloud computing in industrial automation offers clear benefits
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The domestic canary isn’t what most of us would consider a tool for industrial labour. But in 1988, hundreds of these birds were made redundant from their small, yet significant…
Reining in on industrial automation: cloud computing
Reining in on industrial automation: cloud computing
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The domestic canary isn’t what most of us would consider a tool for industrial labour. But in 1988, hundreds of these birds were made redundant from their small, yet significant…
AI-based smartphone app predicts user’s health risks
AI-based smartphone app predicts user’s health risks
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed artificial intelligence (AI)-based data analysis methods used in a smartphone application of Finnish startup Odum Ltd that can estimate its users’ health…


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