News from Siemens at the Hannover Messe 2014 (10 Images)
What will tomorrow's production look like? Siemens wants to focus on the technological course set on the way there at this year's Hannover Messe.
New products from Jumo (4 Images)
At a press conference on February 20, Jumo presented four products from different areas.
Impressions of the 2nd Benchmark Forum Intelligent Engineering (14 Images)
At the '2nd Benchmark Forum Intelligent Engineering' on March 19 and 20, more than 180 users and manufacturers discussed what modern engineering tools have to achieve.
VDMA study on Chinese and German mechanical engineering (6 Images)
The VDMA's Impuls Foundation has published the study 'Strategies of Chinese competition and implications for the German mechanical engineering industry'.
Renault Kwid Concept (7 Images)
A drone that checks the traffic situation for the driver: At the 'Delhi Auto Show' in the Indian capital, French car manufacturer Renault is showcasing an innovative vehicle concept that can launch a flying robot if required.
Product innovations in the field of mobile automation (7 Images)
What approaches do automation specialists use to meet the requirements of mobile applications? What products are available on the growing mobile automation market? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized a selection of new products in a series of pictures.
Winner of the Negative Plagiarism Award 2014 (13 Images)
At the beginning of February 2013, Aktion Plagiarius e.V. awarded the 'Plagiarius' negative prize to brazen product counterfeiters and their sales partners for the 38th time. A WIKA pressure gauge and a Kärcher high-pressure cleaner fell victim to the counterfeiters.
Results of the Bitkom survey on cloud computing (4 Images)
In 2013, 40 percent of companies in Germany used cloud computing services - an increase of 3 percent compared to the previous year. 29 percent are planning or discussing their use. This is the result of a recent survey by the industry association
Functional principle of the adaptable robot (4 Images)
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a robot that can determine the temperature and elasticity of objects. It adjusts itself independently to different measuring ranges.
Finalists and winners of the WT Innovation World Cup (12 Images)
At the 'Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cups', 20 finalists competed with their innovative gadgets for the title of 'WT Innovator of the Year' and victory in the individual categories.
The trade fair highlights from ABB (5 Images)
Light+Building and Hannover Messe, two major industrial trade fairs, take place in spring. ABB has announced various innovations in advance.
High-tech for the Rosetta space probe (5 Images)
Rosetta has already been traveling in space for ten years. After 31 months in a kind of hibernation, the probe's solar cells are now supplying all systems with energy again. The electricity is produced by silicon cells from Heilbronn-based Azur Space Solar Power.
The first quarter of 2014 from Siemens in detail (4 Images)
On January 28, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser announced the figures for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
What "drives" the Mars rover Opportunity (6 Images)
A decade ago, Opportunity landed on Mars. The NASA rover is still making its rounds today - even though it was originally only designed to operate for 90 days. Among other things, Swiss drive technology from
Networked honey bees (3 Images)
Australian researchers are pursuing a new approach to researching global bee mortality: they want to equip 5,000 honey bees with a small RFID tag on their backs.
Best cover picture 2013 (11 Images)
The readers of Computer&AUTOMATION have decided: These are the ten best covers of 2013!
Ko-TAG project - cooperative sensor technology on the road (5 Images)
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are working on a method that allows driver assistance systems in cars to locate pedestrians and cyclists - even when they are obscured by large obstacles.
Product innovations in the field of energy efficiency (5 Images)
Energy-efficient processes pay off in hard cash. Computer&AUTOMATION has put together a series of pictures showing what's new in the field of energy efficiency.
Hourly rates for IT and engineering freelancers (37 Images)
The Gulp project exchange is conducting a new hourly rate survey to investigate the current fee demands of IT and engineering freelancers.
'Sharkskin' for wind turbine (3 Images)
Fraunhofer researchers have taken the skin of sharks as a model: They equipped the rotor blades of a wind turbine with a coating modeled on the skin of sharks and were thus able to reduce the flow resistance.