SAP wants to profit more from business with artificial intelligence. The DAX-listed company is restructuring the company for this purpose. 8,000 employees are affected.

A recent study by Palo Alto Networks and IDC shows that there is a consensus among 735 companies surveyed in EMEA and LATAM about the crucial importance of cyber resilience for companies: The influence of the management level is becoming more important.

For the first time, an industrial product was certified for the USA after some of the required tests were digitally simulated and the results confirmed by physical tests. This was made possible with the help of the digital twin.

Devices in the 'Hydrotrans' series from Jumo are humidity and temperature transmitters with an optional CO2 module. The device series is suitable for climate monitoring in offices and living spaces, railroad applications, storage rooms or production halls.

With the departure of company founder and owner Jürgen Hartmann, industrial camera manufacturer IDS Imaging Development Systems is reorganizing its management.

Water as it comes out of the tap does not pose any major challenges for process sensors. The situation is different when treating ultrapure water: The sensors used in such a process have to perform and withstand a lot more.

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Teledyne Flir is launching #Lepton UW#, a micro camera module with an ultra-wide field of view (FOV) of 160°, which according to the manufacturer is so small that it fits on the tip of a finger.

Balluff uses the 'BFD' ultrasonic position sensor to monitor hydraulic clamping elements. The technology is based on the echolocation system of dolphins, which send ultrasonic waves into the water and are thus able to form a spatial image of their surroundings.

With the 2D LiDAR sensor 'picoScan150', Sick presents the first variant of the 'picoScan100' product family for the detection and localization of objects.

January 28, 2024 is European Data Protection Day. Reason enough to raise awareness of privacy and data protection and sensitize people to relevant IT security issues. Here is a commentary by Carla Roncato, Vice President of Identity, WatchGuard.

Symeo is presenting three sensor systems: 'LPR-1DHP-350' is a slim entry-level solution that can be used as a replacement for ultrasonic sensors without their sensitivity to wind, weather and dirt. The 120 GHz frequency range is used.

When it comes to optimizing automation processes, the main focus is on increasing efficiency and accuracy. 10GigE cameras, such as the uEye Warp10 camera family from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH, set standards here.

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Digital work is a real challenge for the brain. The use of AI tools such as ChatGPT can also change processes in the brain. What does this do to our control center?

In the "RealSec5G" project, the data security requirements in communication devices for 5G/6G infrastructures are to be tested in a deterministic time-sensitive network (TSN). The Fraunhofer Institute IPMS is designing a TSN-MACsec function block for this purpose.

As part of the research project 'Integrated Electro-Photonic Panel Systems' (EPho), researchers at Fraunhofer IZM have succeeded in developing a system that automatically characterizes the propagation losses of optical waveguides integrated into glass.

Sensor+Test will take place in Nuremberg from June 11 to 13, 2024 - with a premiere: In the 'Calibration Area', numerous exhibitors will present innovations for the calibration of sensors and measurement technology under the motto 'Innovative Calibration'.

Actronic-Solutions introduces the 'Nano' series of digital servo drives from Copley Controls. The miniature servo controllers can be integrated into autonomous driverless transportation systems, autonomous mobile robots, robot joints and other automated devices.

The 'confocalDT IFD2410' and 'confocalDT IFD2415' confocal compact sensors represent a new generation of sensors from Micro-Epsilon.

Xplain Data presents the autonomous 'Causal DiscoveryBot'. The bot, which works in the background of a plant, continuously analyzes the data generated from all production steps.

Yokogawa has appointed Seita Hagihara (49) as the new President of Yokogawa Europe B.V., effective January 1. He succeeds Takayuki Matsubara, who is moving to the role of CEO of the Yokogawa Group company KBC.