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Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 refers to a new phase in the Industrial Revolution that focuses heavily on interconnectivity, automation, machine learning, and real-time data. Industry 4.0, which encompasses IIoT and smart manufacturing, marries physical production and operations with smart digital technology, machine learning, and big data to create a more holistic and better-connected ecosystem for companies that focus on manufacturing and supply chain management.

NCMS Issues White Paper On Cybersecurity For Manufacturing

ANN ARBOR–The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has released a white paper promoting cybersecurity best practices that will improve the security of the entire industrial base. The white paper, “Addressing Cybersecurity Threats and Safeguarding the Manufacturing Sector,” is written by Kyle Saleeby, a research staff member at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, and Rebecca Taylor, NCMS executive

By |2023-10-05T13:34:09-04:00October 5th, 2023|Cyber Defense, Industry 4.0|
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Automation Alley Announces Year-Long Format For Integr8 Event

TROY – Integr8, the annual Industry 4.0 conference hosted by Automation Alley, is shifting from a one-day event to a year-long exploration into the digital transformation of manufacturing. The new format will include up to a dozen invite-only roundtable sessions where leaders from industry, academia and government will meet to discuss the opportunities and challenges

By |2023-10-04T08:55:11-04:00October 3rd, 2023|Featured, Industry 4.0, News|
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Fourier And Tesla Display Impressive Humanoid Robot Progress

NEW YORK - As Tesla's Optimus robot shows off new capabilities in pick 'n' place sorting and one-legged yoga balancing, Singaporean company Fourier Intelligence has released new video showing the production process for its super-strong GR-1 humanoid. Fourier claims the GR-1 can carry up to an extraordinary 50 kg (110 lb) of weight, thanks to

By |2023-09-28T14:35:32-04:00September 28th, 2023|Industry 4.0|
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Scientists Make Discovery That Could Change EV Landscape

NEW YORK - Although electric vehicles, which continue to surge in popularity, are undoubtedly friendlier to the environment than their gas-powered counterparts, they do still have some drawbacks — mainly, from the adverse effects of their environmentally-unfriendly lithium-ion batteries. Now, scientists at MIT have developed a new alternative to lithium-ion batteries: aluminum-sulfur batteries, which, if adopted,

By |2023-09-28T14:11:32-04:00September 28th, 2023|Industry 4.0|
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Innovation Could Power EV Batteries For 3,000 Miles On A Single Charge

DETROIT - For anyone who has gone on a long road trip across any number of Midwestern states (especially before the advent of smartphones), not knowing exactly where, when, and if the next gas station would show up, it’s a terrifying experience. The looming “E” on the dashboard starts to stand for more than “Empty,”

By |2023-09-25T18:37:48-04:00September 24th, 2023|Featured, Industry 4.0|
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Panasonic’s New All-Solid-State Batteries Are A Game-Changer For Drones And EVs

TOKYO - Panasonic Holdings has revealed that it is working on all-solid-state batteries with a focus initially on drones. Scheduled for mass production in the latter half of the 2020s, these batteries could be the answer to faster, more efficient energy storage. What sets this new technology apart? The company claims that these all-solid-state batteries can charge

By |2023-09-24T18:05:24-04:00September 24th, 2023|Industry 4.0|
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World’s First Humanoid Robot Factory Set To Open This Year

CORVALLIS, Ore. -Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal robot Digit, announced that the company is opening RoboFab, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon with the capability to produce more than 10,000 robots per year. “Not only are we building the world’s first factory for humanoid robots, but we’re doing so in the United States

By |2023-09-21T15:47:34-04:00September 21st, 2023|Featured, Industry 4.0|
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Nasa UFO report: Unexplained Objects Could Pose Threat

WASHINGTON DC - Nasa announced it was appointing a director of UFO research after admitting that there were still unexplained objects in the skies that could be a threat to US airspace. The US Space Agency released a new report today following a 15-month inquiry into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), warning that the data was

By |2023-09-21T15:39:34-04:00September 21st, 2023|Featured, Industry 4.0|
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Wireless Energy Transmission Closer To Reality Thanks To DARPA

WASHINGTON DC - The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the main contractors chosen for the first phase of its ambitious Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program. This program is designed to develop a means of distributing energy wirelessly around the globe through airborne power transfer. First dreamed up by Nikola Tesla

By |2023-09-16T13:09:47-04:00September 16th, 2023|Featured, Industry 4.0|
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Korean Researchers Develop 2-Liter Hydrogen-Fueled Engine

SEOUL, South Korea - Amid the fierce competition throughout the globe to develop hydrogen mobility technologies to achieve carbon neutrality, a new technology for a 2-liter class hydrogen-fueled engine (a passenger car hydrogen engine) capable of running entirely on hydrogen has been developed for the first time in Korea. The joint research team led by

By |2023-09-10T12:31:44-04:00September 10th, 2023|Industry 4.0|
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