Blockchain has come into the public eye through Bitcoin – a peer-to-peer transaction of electronic money that allows online payments to be sent between parties…
Why Use COM Express?: The Rise of Configurable Computing Part II
COM Express as a SOC is a complete computer and thus can be used on its own. It is a “plug and play” device without…
What is COM Express?: The Rise of Configurable Computing Part I
The new COM Express Type 7 carrier boards have been making waves in transportation and defense technology. The Type 7 pin-out specification that defines them…
USB Technology: Why, What, Which?
Why is USB important for Automation? USB serves as an essential data transmission port and flash or external memory storage connection. It has also become…
Achieving Cognitive Diversity Through Education – Diversity in Tech: Part III
Diversity in Tech is about physical representation and cognitive variation. But representation and variation show up the most in large workforces. Right now, there are…
Who Needs Diversity in Tech? – Diversity in Tech: Part II
Diversity for diversity’s sake is not a productive conversation. Part I in our “Diversity in Tech” series showed that the consequences of diversity—creativity, profit, collective…
The New Wave of the Amazon Effect: How Digital Operations Are Changing Industrial Spaces
The demand market says, “have what you want, when you want it, where you want it,” and the rise of this slogan is called the…
Climate Defense: Military Technology Fights Climate Change
In military language, climate change is referred to as a “threat multiplier:” a risk that exacerbates the pre-existing challenges — such as disease and civil…
Machine Condition Monitoring: Predicting Mechanical Wear and Tear
On Reddit, 558,000 people subscribe to r/CatastrophicFailure, a crowd-sourced display of machines and other systems failing with dramatic results. There are explosions, sometimes injuries and…