New 'Digital Products and Services' division
With the new product division 'Digital Products and Services', Ecom is introducing a ready-to-use service for all mobile devices. What exactly is behind this announcement?
read more...Operate & monitor
read more...PTC expands the AR platform
Augmented reality is one of the hot topics in industrial automation. The company is now demonstrating that PTC is serious about the technology with a series of measures.
read more...More than 300 communication protocols
In line with the trend towards machine integration and data exchange, Wachendorff Prozesstechnik is launching the cMT series, an HMI solution that offers powerful HMI products for integration into existing systems.
read more...First intrinsically safe smartwatch
Ecom is now introducing a smartwatch for the Ex area in Zone 2/22 and Div. 2. The watch is based on the Samsung Galaxy Watch and can be combined with the Ecom Smartphone Smart-Ex 02 and Featurephone Ex-Handy 10.
read more...Simplified management of devices and users
With so many applications being presented on different displays on the shop floor, managing the numerous content sources is a challenge for manufacturers.
read more...Increased operating safety
Rafi is expanding its range of industrial-grade capacitive 'Glasscape' touchscreens to include TwinTouch input technology, which evaluates not only touches on the panel but also the forces applied to it.
read more...Gesture recognition through ultrasound
Fraunhofer IPMS is working on an approach for the contactless, three-dimensional detection of distances, movements and gestures for communication with robots and in operating theaters, for example. A new class of micromechanical ultrasonic transducers is being used for this purpose.
read more...News about operating and monitoring
What is the optimum operating unit for industrial users? What is happening on the market? Computer&AUTOMATION presents a selection of new products from the operating & monitoring sector as a series of pictures.
read more...The use of smart glasses in the factory
The employees of TMD Friction receive support in the production of brake pads: the Hololens data glasses help with mixing and weighing various components. The developers used the game development environment 'Unity' for the implementation.
read more...What can the 2nd generation of Hololens from Microsoft do?
A shortage of skilled workers, increasingly complex products and ever-increasing competitive pressure - three challenges for industrial companies that augmented or mixed reality (AR/MR) technology can help to overcome.
read more...VDMA and Fraunhofer ideas competition
Developing solutions for the challenges faced by industrial companies - this was the aim of eleven international teams in the VDMA and Fraunhofer pilot competition.
read more...Distances of 100 meters possible
B&R has introduced the fourth generation of Smart Display Link (SDL) display transmission technology. SDL4 is based on HDBaseT 2.0.
read more...Can be operated with gloves
The new stainless steel industrial PC S21WR from Noax offers a 16:9 display and a safety touchscreen.
read more...Freely configurable function keys
With its new Panel PC series, Ferrocontrol is launching a scalable system for machine-related visualization and operation. The capacitive multi-touch glass screen supports operating concepts with finger gestures.
read more...News about operating and monitoring
What is the optimum operating unit for industrial users? What is happening on the market? Computer&AUTOMATION presents a selection of new products from the operating & monitoring sector as a series of pictures.
read more...Microsoft presents 'HoloLens 2'
As part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Microsoft presented the new version of the mixed reality glasses 'Hololens'.
read more...Into the future with new management
On January 1, 2019, Matthias Klein started as the new Managing Director of Schubert System Elektronik GmbH (SSE), based in Neuhausen ob Eck. Klein now manages the company together with Lothar Kümmerlin.
read more...Smartphone and tablet in one
The new foldable mobile device 'Galaxy Fold' has a flexible 7.3-inch display and can be folded into a compact device with a smaller display. Samsung wants to establish a new product category with this: the foldable.
read more...For a wide range of applications
As operating stations, panel PCs are right at the heart of the production process. Depending on the industry, the devices must therefore meet certain minimum requirements - for example with regard to protection class, hygiene and glove operation.
read more...The B2B smartwatch
With its new smartwatch, Casio wants to offer a commercially used wearable for professionals in trade, logistics and industry.
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