Industry News
Endress+Hauser partners with Digi International for field instrumentation sensor products
Digi International has announced that its Connect Sensor cellular gateway has been selected for Endress+Hauser's Inventory Management Solutions. [ + ]
Australian Technologies Competition announces Energy Resources Award
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) is accepting entries for the inaugural Energy Resources Award as part of the Australian Technologies Competition 2016 (ATC16). [ + ]
Looks like we're not all on top of Industry 4.0
A report by BDO and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has found lack of understanding of Industry 4.0 by UK manufacturers will hinder the sector. [ + ]
Terahertz radiation — a less expensive tool for food and drug inspection
Compact and low cost: Max Planck researchers have developed a new source of radiation across the entire terahertz spectrum that is expected to enable new applications. [ + ]
Chip with 1000 independent programmable processors
With a maximum computation rate of 1.78 trillion instructions per second and containing 621 million transistors, the energy-efficient 'KiloCore' chip contains 1000 independent programmable processors. [ + ]
New managing director for ABB Australia
Tauno Heinola has been appointed managing director of ABB in Australia. [ + ]
Control Logic partners with CSE Uniserve
Control Logic has been appointed a channel partner in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia for CSE Uniserve. [ + ]
Future challenges for the MEMS market
The recent golden age for MEMS markets may be coming to an end, with levelling demand for smartphones/portable applications, according to a report published by Yole Développement. [ + ]
Adjusting production schedules to lower energy costs
Industrial manufacturing businesses can save over 30% on electrical bills, and cut greenhouse gas emissions by over 5%, by adjusting production schedules, according to US research. [ + ]
How are IT teams preparing for the rise of intelligent machines?
Research commissioned by software vendor Ipswitch has highlighted rapid adoption of intelligent machines used for automating and optimising business and IT processes. [ + ]
Insight into innovation and a blueprint for the future
The leading minds in PROFIBUS and PROFINET gathered in Sydney recently for discussions around industrial networks, automation and innovation. [ + ]
Feeding the 9 billion: smarter food solutions
Visitors to the Wiley stand at Foodtech Queensland will have the opportunity to meet Kuka's KR AGILUS robot — a lightweight, versatile and fast robot that is changing how food is processed, packaged and delivered. [ + ]
Robotics fund aims to commercialise breakthrough technologies
Chrysalix Venture Capital and RoboValley have launched a fund to identify, invest in and commercialise breakthrough robotics technologies. [ + ]
'Big Brother' apartment will measure impact of connected sensors on human behaviour
Sensor design company Oceasoft will provide its first environmental sensors for use in a unique scientific experiment to analyse the impact of connected sensors on people's behaviour and their daily habits over a full year. [ + ]
Analysing the industrial automation control market
The global industrial automation control market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 8% during the period 2016–2020, according to technology researcher Technavio's latest report, which covers the market outlook and growth prospects of the market. [ + ]