Technology and IIoT

News and inside perspective on the Internet of Things, automation, robotics, digital tools and other emerging tech.

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Emerging Technologies

Product Development Predictions for 2025: AI, Agile, Additive

Jan. 24, 2025
Engineers and AI collaborate in new ways, agile hardware teams work faster, new materials advance additive.
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Digital Transformation Efforts Fail Without Vision

Jan. 24, 2025
Technology leadership also needs quality management.
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Microgrids for Manufacturing: Production Pulse

Jan. 23, 2025
With many new and existing manufacturing facilities adding solar panels, diesel generators and other sources of power, microgrids that handle that energy are getting more popular...
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Toyota’s City of the Future

Jan. 16, 2025
Woven City, a small community that intertwines inventors and regular citizens, takes center stage in Toyota’s attempt to evolve into a new kind of company.
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Competitiveness

US Energy Independence Began 20 Years Ago and Is a Force Today

Jan. 9, 2025
The competitive advantage for U.S.-based manufacturers, who consume roughly one-third of the country's energy resources, began with the "shale gale" of the early 2000s and innovations...

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