Embedded objects featuring artificial intelligence used to require a cloud connection. But Nvidia’s upgraded Jetson deep learning module featuring the new TX2 chip aims to change this. It provides built-in intelligence for robots, drones, cameras and other devices “at the edge,” or embedded. The chip enables the...
Amid the Brexit confusion, technology is not often mentioned but isn’t necessarily forgotten. Some high-profile tech companies have hinted they might leave the UK. But others think the change could bring huge benefits in terms of growth and advances in technology.
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Is a cyber war actually taking place? In any case, hot or cold, the next conflict will be cyber. French journalist Pierre Haski recently argued on medium.com that the recent US election campaign was a real battlefield. The theft of Democratic Party data last summer and the Dyn server...
From connected cows to vegetables that stay fresh for weeks, Fujitsu is developing a cloud-based platform that uses IoT technology to increase efficiency and modernize agriculture.
Agriculture used to be guesswork. Once crops were sown, fertilizer was spread and fingers were crossed for a good harvest. Cue the smart...
Going digital still remains out of reach for many manufacturers. In an effort to accelerate the move to Industry 4.0, Siemens presented its new MindSphere IoT platform at SPS.
For all the talk and hype surrounding the digitization of manufacturing, the speed of this transformation has often seemed painfully slow....
littleBits is an electronic building block company that wants to democratize hardware. From a burglar alarm to a smart doorbell, littleBits empowers people to create their own electronic devices by sticking different modules together. DirectIndustry e-magazine talked to Paul Rothman, Director of R&D.
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KUKA Toledo Production Operations (KTPO) has built every Jeep Wrangler to the body-in-white stage for Fiat Chrysler (FCA US) since it began operations in 2006. DirectIndustry e-magazine talked to Larry A. Drake, President and CEO of KUKA System Group about digital supply chain and Industry 4.0.
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The cloud is already shaping the way business will use IT infrastructure and computing power in decades to come. But the burgeoning Industrial Internet of Things is about to supercharge the cloud.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) isn’t new, nor is enterprise’s adoption of the public cloud infrastructure. But...
The European Union’s new Privacy Shield Framework aims at protecting personal data from non-EU organizations and foreign governments, but its effect could be to regionalize data. A hybrid cloud could be the only solution.
The cloud is quickly becoming an engine of growth, its location-free design perfectly suited to...
Every industrial player is going to the cloud. ABB is no exception to the rule. The German industrial giant has developed its own cloud computing platform capable of monitoring an entire electrical system. In 10 minutes, Ekip SmartVision connects a circuit breaker to the internet, allowing it to control power and data...
