Engineer Powerwoman 2020 has been determined
Sophie Borgne is this year's winner of the 5,000 euro prize. She was named Engineer Powerwoman 2020 at the WomenPower event during the Hannover Messe Digital Days.
read more...read more...The Industry 4.0 hype - an opportunity?
The number of successful Industry 4.0 implementations is still relatively small. Why is it that the industrial revolution that was touted years ago is not really making progress?
read more...Web seminars on July 2
To mark the final spurt of the virtual Computer&AUTOMATION world & conference trade fair, we would like to recommend three web seminars on the topics of robotics, artificial intelligence and intelligent logistics via driverless transport systems.
read more...Smart sensor technology for the IIoT
In addition to status information, intelligent sensors provide a wealth of secondary data - on service life, load level and damage detection as well as ambient temperature or contamination. Optical sensors in particular are undergoing a lot of development here.
read more...Digitization of production
IIoT Building Blocks from iT Engineering Software Innovations is a platform for evaluations and machine learning applications directly in the factory environment.
read more...'Automation-first' versus 'cloud-first'
Automation is an important intermediate step on the way to a cloud-first strategy. A plea for a culture of automation.
read more...The new products
This year's innovations from Siemens include the Sitrans MS Multisensor, which is used primarily for monitoring the condition of mechanical system components such as pumps, compressors, gearboxes and valves.
read more...IIoT communication from the sensor to the...
Data exchange from IO-Link via JSON and MQTT becomes possible
The IO-Link community has published a specification that describes how data from IO-Link can be exchanged via JSON REST and MQTT - in the sense of transparent communication in the IIoT.
read more...Implementation is still stuttering
When it comes to implementing the digital transformation, companies are now focusing on their core business - the days of wild experimentation are over. But where exactly is it still stuck?
read more...IoT projects often fail because of data
The Industrial Internet of Things offers completely new opportunities for manufacturing companies in terms of automation and optimization. However, there are many reasons why new concepts do not deliver the desired success in practice.
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