Recognising and recording environmental conditions and situational snapshots – and translating them into actions – can reduce risks for personnel, machines, and infrastructure. In many areas, security forces need to operate efficiently and require information about their surroundings. At the…
Japan is ‘world’s number one’ robot maker
Japan is the world’s number one industrial robot manufacturer – delivering 45% of the global supply. In recent years, the country’s robot suppliers have increased their production capacity considerably: Their export ratio rose to 78% in 2020, when 136,069 industrial…
5 criteria to follow when selecting a computing architecture
Overview In the last two decades, the rapid development of IoT has made numerous applications available in our daily lives. One of the crucial elements when planning for an IoT (Internet of Things) deployment for collecting data and conducting analysis…
Makers of Tomorrow (Hardware for All: Episode 2)
Following on from their ‘Future Factories‘ series, this three-part documentary from Digi-Key will guide you through what the future of hardware looks like. Brought to you by Digi-Key, Supply Frame, and Microchip. In this second episode, Digi-Key explores the maker movement and…
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…
The price of your industrial computer system in 2022
For system integrators and OEMs who use industrial computers or IIoT devices in their systems it’s a safe bet that many will have seen price increases in their supply chain recently. What frustrates most is seemingly nonsensical price hikes without any proper…
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…
IWD: Celebrating female manufacturing leaders
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Birmingham-based manufacturing and engineering apprenticeships provider, Make UK, hosted an afternoon tea for over 100 women. At the event on March 8, local female leaders and current apprentices shared experiences, networked and celebrated their successes…
Lorna Lawson answers IoT Q&A for IWD
Lorna Lawson, Optoelectronics Solutions Manager, Solid State Supplies, discusses her experience as a woman in tech this International Women’s Day (IWD) and her predictions for the future of IoT. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your background?…
