Results of the VDMA study 'Industrial Security 2017' (10 Images)
Production downtime due to sabotage and malware is on the rise - this is the conclusion reached by the VDMA in its 'Industrial Security' study. Computer&AUTOMATION lists the results of the study in detail.
Siemens - the inventors of the year 2017 (9 Images)
Siemens filed 3,650 patents in fiscal year '17 - 150 more than in the previous year. The company has now honored 14 particularly resourceful researchers as 'Inventors of the Year 2017'. Computer&AUTOMATION lists the inventors.
New control technology products (19 Images)
Current product presentations from the controls sector
Product innovations at the SPS IPC Drives 2017 (75 Images)
Current product innovations that can be seen at SPS IPC Drives 2017.
BVDW figures on the use of digital voice assistants (6 Images)
Three out of four Germans have already gained experience with 'Siri', 'Alexa' & Co. or can imagine using them. The BVDW has published a survey on what respondents like about them and their concerns.
Award-winning microsystem developments at Cosima 2017 (4 Images)
As part of the 'Cosima 2017' student competition, the VDE and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have awarded two first prizes - including to the team developing an intelligent, energy-autonomous bicycle pedal.
Innovations in drive technology (16 Images)
Current products from the drives sector in fall 2017.
The Siemens figures in detail: Q4 and the full year 2017 (11 Images)
On November 9, 2017, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser announced the Group's business figures for the fourth quarter of 2017 and the full year 2017.
Details on the smart services from Vodafone (6 Images)
The communications group Vodafone networks 60 million devices worldwide, particularly in the German economy. Now it is expanding its portfolio to include smart solutions for private customers: With the 'V by Vodafone' offer.
Details about the robot dog 'Aibo ERS-1000' (4 Images)
At the beginning of November 2017, Sony presented the new version of its robot dog 'Aibo' in Tokyo, Japan. According to the electronics company, 'Aibo ERS-1000' should be able to interact better with its owner than the previous version.
Study: Artificial intelligence in companies (6 Images)
Companies are highly motivated to invest in artificial intelligence. This is the result of a survey of IT and business decision-makers.
The labor market in the third quarter of 2017 (4 Images)
The big data job platform Jobfeed analyzed 2.28 million job vacancies in the third quarter. The result: the number of vacancies increased by 5.2 percent compared to 2016 - especially in production.
Insights into the Bosch IT campus (13 Images)
With the IT Campus in Stuttgart, Bosch is creating a central hub for the development of digital business models
Study on design data management (12 Images)
Development engineers spend up to 45% of their working time providing and searching for project data. Even a PLM solution cannot prevent this, as a study on design data management shows.
New business software products (9 Images)
Products from the business software sector in fall 2017
Current products from the electromechanics sector (25 Images)
Product presentations from the EMC sector in fall 2017.
Winner of the 'Hackster Community IOT 2020' competition (4 Images)
What innovative applications and solutions can be implemented on the basis of an open IoT gateway? Engineers, makers and students worked on this in the 'Hackster Community IOT 2020 competition'. RS Components has now chosen the winners.
News from the HMI sector (29 Images)
Current products from the operating and monitoring sector
Impressions from Formula Student Germany 2017 (20 Images)
115 teams from 24 nations took part in Formula Student Germany at the Hockenheimring in August.
Details on the eHighway in Sweden (5 Images)
Siemens is implementing an overhead line system with hybrid trucks in Sweden, the first demonstration project in Europe. Tests have been and are being carried out north of Berlin.