Augmented reality for smartphones
Google's Tango technology gives devices spatial perception. Lenovo has now unveiled the first smartphone with a 3D image sensor chip from Infineon.
read more...Operate & monitor
read more...HMIs in the cloud
Browser-based HMIs are gaining ground in the industrial environment - with advantages in terms of device independence and simplicity. A new technology now makes it possible to program the interfaces in the web browser and connect the HMIs to the cloud.
read more...Your own hand as an interface
Buttons and keys become superfluous. The 'Soli' radar technology from Google ATAP and Infineon enables devices to be controlled by hand movements. Two prototypes were presented at the Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, USA.
read more...Conrad links the devices
With 'Conrad Connect', the electronics mail order company Conrad is now making an IoT platform available in a free beta test: It is intended to offer the possibility of controlling networked products across manufacturers and linking them intelligently with each other.
read more...The networked employee is coming
The networking of man and machine is one of the future trends for manufacturing companies. This is the conclusion of a survey conducted by Accenture among 500 decision-makers, who want around a quarter of all research and development expenditure to flow into this area.
read more...Virtual reality for companies
HTC announces a strategic partnership with Dassault Systemes. The aim is to bring virtual reality technology into the business world.
read more...Smart mobility with a concept
Handy, portable, inexpensive and intuitive to use: there are many reasons for companies to use mobile devices as a communication tool. However, there are a few points to bear in mind when introducing a sustainable smart mobility concept.
read more...With integrated fieldbus diagnostics
With the new Simatic Afdisd active field distributor with extended fieldbus diagnostics, Siemens wants to enable fieldbus diagnostics for Profibus PA in the Simatic PCS 7 process control system.
read more...With automatic object detection
Eaton has further developed its Galileo visualization software for touch panels from the XV and XP families and for PC runtime solutions for operating, monitoring and controlling machines.
read more...13,000 data points in one diagram
Yokogawa presents the new version R6.02 of the integrated process and production control system Centum VP R6.02.
read more...Copa-Data supports Wago's Dima approach
With 'Dima', Wago presented a new approach for the modular automation of process systems at the main Namur meeting in November 2014. Copa-Data is now the first supplier of a process control system to work on this project.
read more...No positive impetus
The German industrial valves market is reporting a decline in sales for 2015 - for the second year in a row. The outlook for the next financial year is also gloomy.
read more...Extended with calendar and time elements
3S - Smart Software Solutions presents Codesys products and features designed to simplify the configuration of operating units for building automation systems.
read more...Android on the rise
Apple and Google have been battling for supremacy in the smartphone market for years. A Gulp study examines the distribution of IT projects in the market for mobile operating systems and apps - and shows: The current top dog will probably soon be replaced.
read more...When the mouse betrays your mood
An international team of researchers has succeeded in recognizing the emotional state of the user based on their movements with the computer mouse. Speed is a decisive criterion here.
read more...News about mobile automation
What products are available on the growing mobile automation market? Computer&AUTOMATION presents a selection of new products in a picture gallery.
read more...Usable despite wet fingers
The Interact displays of the "VSX" series from Sensor-Technik Wiedemann meet the demand for robustness through high durability of the housing and resistance of the electronics to electromagnetic influences.
read more...Flexible thanks to ball head mount
Graf-Syteco is launching the D3510 operating and control unit from the 'D series'. In contrast to the devices available to date, which are intended for installation in a control panel, this device has a housing with a ball head holder on the back.
read more...User-friendly design
Griessbach offers various operating solutions for agricultural machinery and vehicles. In addition to control units with CAN bus interface and standard modules, this also includes an additional module for flexible manual operation of the machine from outside the vehicle.
read more...Can also be operated with gloves
Densitron presents new IPS TFT products that are available in 4, 4.3 and 5-inch sizes and are equipped with Gloved Touch P-CAP sensors. Unlike the older generation, these P-CAPs can be operated with gloves and exclude water droplets as a touch event.
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