Fighting fire with artificial intelligence

Researchers are utilising artificial intelligence (AI) to give fire-fighters a much-needed heads-up when it comes to battling flashovers – a type of fire that ignites all combustible items in a room suddenly. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),…

Bringing together technology leaders from around the globe

Registration is now open for Automation Fair 2022, hosted by Rockwell Automation and members of its global PartnerNetwork programme. The annual event will be held at McCormick Place West in Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 14-17, and expects to bring over 10,000 manufacturing and…

Lack of IT support negatively impacts attitude towards technology

A lack of support from their company’s IT department is having a detrimental impact on manufacturing field workers’ attitudes towards – and confidence with – technology, while also endangering the success of digital transformation initiatives, research has found. With the…

Altus partners with Fuji to host the Factory of the Future event

Altus Group has partnered with Fuji, principal manufacturer of SMT and assembly machine equipment, to host ‘The Factory of the Future’ event on the 19th and 20th of October 2022. The two-day technology event will be held at the Advanced…

Smart app compressor controller with OTA monitoring

Atlas Copco has introduced its new, fully in-house Elektronikon Nano, the first compressor controller that can work remotely with a smart app. Now, with Atlas Copco’s SmartLink app, the G-series is the first compressor to allow OTA (over the air)…

Juniper Research reports: roaming IoT connections to generate 1,100 petabytes globally by 2027

A new Juniper Research study has predicted that the global amount of data generated by roaming IoT connections will increase from 86 petabytes in 2022 to 1,100 petabytes by 2027. 1,100 petabytes would be enough data to stream 165 million…

‘State of the art’: HKBU launches Turing AI Orchestra for human-AI art co-creation

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has announced the launch of the world’s first ‘Turing AI Orchestra’ as the next milestone in its visionary plan to broaden the scope and explore potential opportunities in art co-creation by humans and AI. The…

Load balancing leads to annual savings of almost £5000 for a large bakery

Energy management is becoming an increasingly important component of business strategy for today’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, aimed largely at reducing energy costs, improving sustainability, and achieving ESG goals. Matthew Margetts, Director of Sales and Marketing at Smarter Technologies…

What other industries can learn from pharmaceutical manufacturing

The pharmaceutical industry is unique as it must apply to stringent regulations and guidelines regarding quality and safety. Most of these regulations are also put in place by regulatory bodies for either the point of sale or point of use,…

Agricultural deal made for 100,000 humanoid robots

Robotics innovator Beyond Imagination has entered into an agreement with SELF Labs to provide at least 1,000 humanoid robots for use in agricultural ‘grow boxes’. This is believed to be the largest deal of its kind. SELF and Beyond are…