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.

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|

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|

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|

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|

Lidar On A Chip Puts Self-Driving Cars In The Fast Lane

NEW YORK - Today, more than half of new cars are equipped with one or more radar sensors. These sensors are solid state, cost manufacturers less than US $100 each, and are small enough to be inconspicuously placed around the vehicle. They are used for a variety of things, including automatic emergency braking and adaptive

By |2023-09-05T17:51:26-04:00September 5th, 2023|Auto Tech, Industry 4.0|

Chicago UFO Case Could Help Develop Warp Drive Like Star Trek

CHIGAGO - An international think-tank of physicists believes a famous UFO sighting in Chicago may hold clues about 'faster than light' space travel. At about 4:14 PM on November 7, 2006, a ramp employee at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport spotted a metallic, saucer-shaped craft hovering in the sky. The sighting, which lasted for five minutes and was witnessed

By |2023-09-03T15:41:27-04:00September 3rd, 2023|Industry 4.0|

Fast Charging Vs. Slow Charging: Study Reveals Difference In Range Degradation

MIAMI - One of the thoughts that go through the mind of an EV owner has to do with the impact that DC fast charging will have on the vehicle’s high-voltage battery in the long run. In other words, how much will the battery degrade over time if fast charging is used predominantly? A recent

By |2023-08-31T09:08:11-04:00August 30th, 2023|Auto Tech, Industry 4.0|

Revolutionizing Fuel Cells With Enhanced Durability

NEW MEXICO - The Los Alamos National Laboratory introduced a corrosion-resistant fuel cell design featuring a coaxial nanowire electrode. This innovative approach holds promise for heavy-duty trucking, showing impressive durability in stress tests. A groundbreaking fuel cell design offers potential advancements for heavy-duty trucking and various other clean fuel cell applications. A promising, more durable

By |2023-08-31T09:08:42-04:00August 30th, 2023|Industry 4.0|

Report: Spheres Found On Pacific Floor Interstellar In Origin

BOSTON - Ever since he first learned about the strange meteor falling to Earth, astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been determined to discover whether it was indeed an extraterrestrial artifact that had crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Now, the professor and theoretical astrophysicist at Harvard University says he and a team of scientists are one step closer to making

By |2023-08-29T17:53:02-04:00August 29th, 2023|Industry 4.0|

Former NASA Chief Says UFOs Are Real But Could Be China Using ‘Unfriendly’ Advanced Tech

WASHINGTON DC - China may be behind UFOs thanks to its 'unfriendly' advanced technology, the former head of Nasa’s unidentified flying objects inquiry believes. Dr Thomas Zurbuchen, the space agency's longest-serving administrator, was asked to head up the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena panel in 2022 and has offered his take on the findings. He also suggested that there could

By |2023-08-28T13:36:51-04:00August 28th, 2023|Industry 4.0|