IoT and commercial cooking equipment

Cooking in commercial restaurant becomes an impossible job without proper equipment such as exhaust hood. Moreover, the restaurant owners must meet health and safety codes. Thus, careful shopping of cooking equipment is of utmost importance. Over the past decade, 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…

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…

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…

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…

IWD: Q&A with Mahsa Nakhjiri from HARMAN

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day (IWD) and Mahsa Nakhjiri, Director of Product Development, Connected Infrastructure, at HARMAN International, answers some questions about being a women in the electronics industry. She has over two decades of experience in the wireless technology…

Building a mission-led hardware business on Kickstarter – HWP Max 21 seminar

A candid and in-depth talk from Hardware Pioneers Max, with the founders of two mission-led hardware companies. They’ll talk about how they have used Kickstarter to launch hardware products and build community – from the early stages of a first…

Future of STEAM (Hardware for All: Episode 1)

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. This first episode looks at the acronym STEAM…

The IoT in space

There is no understating how important the IoT (Internet of Things) is to both industrial and consumer areas, but it is important to remember that such connectivity does not just take place on the ground. This article looks at utilising satellites…