Smart factories and the role of Edge computing

Making sense of the Edge According to Google Trends data, worldwide searches for ‘edge computing’ have increased tenfold in the last five years. Google alone boasts 340 million search results for the phrase – hardly simple revision for those curious…

Preventing AI biases from replicating societal inequalities

We live in a world plagued by stereotypes whereby countless ‘isms’ drive discrimination. This International Women’s Day (IWD) I want to talk about the importance of preventing societal bias from resurfacing in Artificial Intelligence (AI), a dominant technology in both…

IoT Solutions World Congress 2022: CoreAVI

The US-based company CoreAVI, developer of functionally safe software stacks, has announced it is exhibiting its safe graphics and compute products for industrial and autonomous applications at IoT Solutions World Congress 2022 (May 10-12 in Barcelona, Spain) – in GV…

Ignion chooses AWS to transform IoT design process

Ignion, a Barcelona-based IoT antenna leading innovator, announced the launch of the Antenna Intelligence Cloud bringing the power of a cloud computing and artificial intelligence to the antenna domain. Based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services and the power…

Cybersecurity lifecycle management platform for connected objects

Secure-IC has been providing the electronic industries, for over a decade, with its protection technologies, namely the SecuryzrTM iSE (integrated Secure Elements) and Silicon IPs which are embedded into hundreds of millions of electronic chips for smartphones, computers, automobiles, smart…

The Intersection of AI & IoT (Future Factories: Episode 3)

In the third and final episode of Digi-Key’s series, they look at how artificial intelligence applications can unlock the true potential of IoT and edge applications across manufacturing. Find out how real-time analytics, connected sensors, predictive maintenance, supply chain automation,…

The Rise of Robotics (Future Factories: Episode 2)

In the second episode of the series, Digi-Key chronicles the rise of robotics in the manufacturing industry, and how new designs collaborate alongside human workers on the factory floor to create new, high-quality job opportunities across the industry. In 1913,…

Construction 4.0 technologies key to improving sustainability of sector

Technologies forming part of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ can improve the economic and environmental sustainability of an industry that contributes around 11% of all global carbon emissions, a new study shows. Researchers including from the University of Exeter Business School…

Human error vs (AI)mperfection

It is undeniable that technological advances are easing many aspects of life. An example of this is the automation of industrial processes which reduces the need for physical labouring thereby freeing people up for more complex decision-making. In recent years,…

Modernising the manufacturing industrial network in 2022

The manufacturing industry has become increasingly connected, allowing the sector to enjoy benefits ranging from becoming more agile and competitive in the market, to maximising efficiency, reducing costs, and monetising data. It is clear that implementing smart manufacturing is no…