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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.

New Battery Type Provides Low-Cost, Long-Term Energy Storage

DETROIT - A new battery design could allow for more affordable, long-term energy storage, a press statement from Imperial College London reveals. The Imperial team of engineers and chemists developed a polysulfide-air redox flow battery (PSA RFB) with two membranes. This dual membrane design provides a workaround for some of the issues with PSA RFB, meaning it could

By |2022-05-12T19:10:12-04:00May 12th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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A Lithium-Ion Battery Charged To 60 Percent In 5.6 Minutes

BEIJING, China - A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has successfully managed to increase the speed of charging a lithium-ion battery to a rate of 5.6 minutes for a 60 percent charge, according to a report by TechXplore published on Thursday. They achieved this impressive feat by adding a copper coating and nanowires to the

By |2022-05-08T16:06:43-04:00May 8th, 2022|Auto Tech, Industry 4.0|
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Scientists Reveal the Fourth Signature of the Superconducting Transitions

PALO ALTO, Ca. - research team at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University has finally revealed that fourth signature with precise, high-resolution measurements made with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, or ARPES, which uses light to eject electrons from the material. Measuring the energy and momentum of those ejected electrons reveals how the electrons inside the

By |2022-05-08T16:06:43-04:00May 8th, 2022|Industry 4.0, Uncategorized|
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New Energy Storage System Is More Efficient And Potentially Transformative

DETROIT - Every technology that runs our world requires energy on demand. Energy must be stored and made available in order to power electronic devices and illuminate buildings. The large variety of devices that require on-demand energy has resulted in the development of several energy storage strategies. Many energy storage systems use a combination of

By |2022-05-02T09:46:00-04:00May 2nd, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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Report: Service Robots Set To Revolutionize Various Industries

NEW YORK - The service robotics industry has grown quickly in recent years, spurred on by advances in robotics technology and artificial intelligence, and maybe set to help alleviate some of the labor issues across multiple industries. Service robots, as covered in the new IDTechEx report “Service Robots 2022-2032: Technologies, Players & Markets”, can be

By |2022-05-03T10:42:26-04:00May 2nd, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel Cell Invented – Enabling Better Green Energy Options

LONDON - Imperial researchers have developed a new hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of rare and costly platinum, enabling greater use of the technology. Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen to electricity with just water vapor as a byproduct, making them an appealing green alternative for portable power, particularly for vehicles. However, the expense

By |2022-04-29T15:44:06-04:00April 29th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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Tidal Turbine Generates As Much Power As 12 Solar Panels

MONTREAL, Canada - A renewable energies company dubbed Idenergie has unveiled a new hydrokinetic design turbine that harnesses power from flowing water and converts it to electricity. With countries looking to switch away from fossil fuels, there is a need to develop means to tap into renewable energy sources. While solar panels and wind turbines have been

By |2022-04-29T15:35:34-04:00April 29th, 2022|Industry 4.0|
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Sustainable Business Forum Focus On Lower Carbon Products And Components

GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is working to expand opportunities for Michigan businesses and institutions to participate in the development of a circular economy and decarbonize through investments in recycled content and lower carbon products and components. The Forum has convened a multidisciplinary working group of industrial design influencers to forward collaboration between

By |2022-04-29T15:37:09-04:00April 29th, 2022|Carbon Capture, Climate Change, Featured, Industry 4.0|
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New Heat Engine With No Moving Parts Could Fully Decarbonize The Power Grid

BOSTON - Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency — a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines. The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell, similar to

By |2022-04-16T12:44:31-04:00April 16th, 2022|Featured, Industry 4.0|
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