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In many ways, this capacity for ongoing change is defined by movement. While social distancing and working from home means that many will feel their lives have slowed down, the infrastructure required to deliver new ways of living and working means that goods and services need to move faster than...
Siemens has officially launched a contest titled “Best Applications of SIMATIC IOT2050″ with an aim to provide an opportunity for automation engineers and students in Vietnam to demonstrate their talent, use their creativity and out-of-the-box thinking in order to come up with...
The DHLBot is an AI-powered robotics arm implemented in partnership with Dorabot installed in Singapore and South Korea, DHLBots can sort over 1,000 small parcels per hour, increasing efficiency by at least 40 percent. SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid increasing shipment volumes, DHL...
As Indonesia marks the 76th anniversary of its independence this year, celebrations across the country have turned into a deep reflection on the future. With technology growing at a rapid pace, the digital revolution is becoming increasingly real by the second. According to the e-Conomy SEA 2020...
The Iona three-wheelers can cover up to 120km and take less than three hours to charge. ARTICLE BY THE BUSINESS TIMES
Lorain County Community College announced July 22 its partnership with global aerospace and defense contractor ARCTOS Technology Solutions to develop smart manufacturing technologies and training programs for students, educators and employers. LCCC is one of three Ohio community...
Delta Electronics (Thailand), the subsidiary of Taiwan-based Delta Electronics, has become the regional business headquarters and manufacturing center in India and Southeast Asia for its parent company. ARTICLE BY DIGITIMESasia
KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — The national policy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (National 4IR Policy), the country’s comprehensive policy to drive the integrated efforts in transforming the socio-economic development through the use of advanced technology 4IR, will be launched on...
A statistical measure called “area under the curve” assured Mayo Clinic researchers that their new artificial intelligence (AI) tool was terrific. Then, the clinic doctors threw them a curve ball. “Some [primary care] doctors thought it was redundant or unnecessary, because they...
BEIJING -- Although DJI dominates the global drone market, many rivals are working to develop standout products, looking for any chance to flex their muscles in niche markets. ARTICLE BY NIKKEI ASIA
Known for its use in the automotive, aerospace and architectural sectors, 3D printing is now present in many fields. And the interior design sector is no exception. To decorate our homes and obtain functional objects, additive manufacturing offers several advantages. It can help to create...
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 June 2021 – Established and world-renowned spice manufacturer Baba Products (M) Sdn. Bhd. (BABA’S) has accelerated its digital transformation programme in its efforts to further drive efficiency and provide optimal outcomes to its partners and...
NEW YORK – 5G networks that run factories, warehouses, ports and urban transportation can increase productivity tenfold or more, industry experts believe. Chinese industry leaders claim that thousands of 5G industry applications are now installed, mostly in the pilot stage, compared to...
My name is Sebastian Elmgren. I am located in Stockholm, Sweden. I am working at Ericsson as a portfolio manager for smart manufacturing focusing on partnership and business development. I have a background from the Ericsson Supply organization and worked with strategic initiatives in our...
Singapore: Tough competition and advantages of scale will drive consolidation in the Asia Pacific telecoms industry ahead of higher 5G investments, according to Fitch Ratings.The 5G technology will favour larger operators with strong balance sheets...
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft said on Friday (Jun 25) an attacker had won access to one of its customer service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers. The company said it had found the compromise during its response to hacks by a team it identifies as...
(Reuters) - Paul Hastings is guiding investment firm Francisco Partners in its $2.2 billion cash deal to sell manufacturing software maker Plex Systems to Rockwell Automation Inc. Rockwell announced the deal on Friday as the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based industrial automation equipment...
Over a year into pandemic-induced remote work, changing market dynamics, evolving customer needs and modified operating models, digital transformation and the Industry 4.0 revolution have never been more critical. By embracing cloud and digitizing manufacturing processes, organizations...
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced more companies in Singapore to think about how they can use digital technologies to raise operational resilience by improving business processes and upskilling workers. But when it comes to rolling out digital solutions in a sustained manner, many still...
The ETSI TS 103 596 series provides an overall test suite structure and catalogue of test purposes for the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP). It can serve as a reference for both client-side test campaigns and server-side test campaigns. Part 1 specifies the conformance issues,...
Gokul NA and Nikhil Ramaswamy met when they joined together as Applications Engineers at National Instruments (NI), a US-headquartered leader in Test, Measurement & Automation. At NI, they took different paths – Nikhil ended up becoming a Key Accounts Manager responsible for $1.5M in...
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s manufacturing output grew for a seventh consecutive month in May, increasing 30 per cent year-on-year, official data showed on Friday (Jun 25). This is the biggest increase since November 2010, Reuters reported, and outpaced the previous month's 2.1 per...
Raymond, a provider of material handling products and intelligent intralogistics solutions, has introduced the next-generation iWAREHOUSE RTLS, a real-time location system. This operator assist technology is the newest addition to Raymond’s end-to-endless intralogistics solutions....
Rakuten Mobile said on Friday that it plans to use new routing technologies from network gear maker Cisco to expand its capacity to support business customers with 5G and so-called Internet of Things (IoT) services. STOCKHOLM: Rakuten Mobile said on Friday that it plans to use new routing...
Over the last few years, the “simulation hypothesis” has become an increasingly popular trope in online culture, promoting the idea that all of human existence—everything we experience—is in fact a simulation created by some superior intelligence for research purposes...
ZURICH: Siemens unveiled targets on Thursday to outpace the market by combining its core engineering business with digital expertise in the first strategic blueprint under new Chief Executive Roland Busch. Busch, who took over as CEO from Joe Kaeser in February, wants to win customers and...
Additive manufacture is the biggest wave in an ocean of industry 4.0 innovations. The future of international manufacturing and supply chain is facing some uncertainty driven by the flexibility of AM. Especially SLS (selective laser sintering) technology displaces other forms of 3D printing such as...
“Taiwan Excellence Smart Machine Tools and Precision Components Webinar” was held on June 23 by Taiwan Excellence, a campaign to bring the best Taiwan-made products to the world. The webinar had invited Mr. Stanley Kang, Chairman of JFCCT (Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in...
The U.S. has traditionally been a nation of optimists about technology. But just when the world seems poised for a technologically-driven productivity boom, Americans have acquired a dour outlook about the march of progress. Growing fears that not everyone will share in the benefits is leading to...
Additive manufacturing – or 3D printing – has been around in aerospace for 30 years. But it is only now making the leap from niche technology to a process with the potential to transform industrial production ARTICLE BY FlightGlobal
Predictive maintenance offers the ability to anticipate equipment malfunctions before they occur, arrange repairs proactively, avoid stalling factory floor operations and most importantly, prevent the failure of machinery to keep businesses running efficiently. Figures from Deloitte show predictive...
Dextrous Robotics announced it was ready to move on to its latest prototype, with hopes of having it operational soon. ARTICLE BY THE BUSINESS JOURNALS
A digital twin provides a virtual representation of a process. More specifically, a digital twin (DT) “consists of a model made of the mathematical and causal relationships describing the behavior of a process, and it’s integrated with data monitoring,” says...
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has hailed the ongoing visit to Vietnam by Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Chung Eui-yong, saying that it contributes to strengthening Vietnam – RoK ties. During a reception in Hanoi on...
Denis Brunetti is the president of Ericsson in Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, and in an interview with Vietnam News, he talks about how the development and implementation of 5G will benefit Vietnam’s economic development and the country’s digital transformation. The...
When auto engineers have designs on a new vehicle, they often put the prototype through a computerized gauntlet of digital models and tests before the tires ever hit the pavement. Over the past year, pharma juggernaut GlaxoSmithKline has been applying that same technology to...
Boasting high efficiency, low cost and most comprehensive industrial chains, China has long been positioned as the "world's factory." The country is now heading for the next goal: cultivate an upgraded manufacturing sector that is not only big but also robust and smart. The latest data has...
India is fast approaching its much-anticipated digital revolution, now more than ever. Thanks to the ever-increasing broadband and internet penetration backed by the government’s focus on digitalisation, India is today witnessing exponential data uptake coupled with surging trends of...
SLM Solutions invites the industry to a game-changing metal additive manufacturing product launch on June 23rd at 5pm CEST. The launch will take place digitally and will be accessible to everyone at THE-BIG-LAUNCH. The new product empowers the creation of metal components...
SINGAPORE - A new bio-factory for high-performance polymers is being built on Jurong Island, in a move that could lead to about 200 new jobs here. The 10ha plant by chemicals and advanced materials company Arkema, which will start operations in the first half of next year (2022), will produce...
Japanese cultivated protein startup IntegriCulture recently launched its CulNet Consortium, an open innovation platform dedicated to cellular agriculture. With twelve companies on board, the platform aims to accelerate and scale cell-based solutions across the meat, cosmetics, nutraceuticals and...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s manufacturing industry stands to benefit most from robotics as its processes involve repetitive work in confined and structured spaces, environments that robots excel in, said Universal Robots. The Denmark-based collaborative robots (cobots) technology market leader...
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - As technology develops and demand keeps increasing in the property sector, proptech will develop in a similar way to fintech, experts have said. Proptech, or property technology, has developed strongly in Vietnam with many start-ups being launched and attracting...
SINGAPORE - Last month's ransomware attack on Brazilian food giant JBS - the world's largest meat processor - highlighted the cyber-security weaknesses of companies in the food industry. And those in Singapore are similarly vulnerable, even though there have been no documented or known cases so...
SINGAPORE - Semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries is increasing its production capacity in Singapore with a hefty US$4 billion (S$5.4 billion) investment. The addition of a new fab, or manufacturing plant, here comes amid a global chip shortage and is expected to add around...
Interspectral has entered into a new agreement with The W.M Keck Center for 3D innovation at The University of Texas in El Paso, US. The unique multi-disciplinary additive manufacturing research facility will now under a new development and license agreement get early access to...
A FLAW in the dental industry lies in how some dentists prescribe treatment plans simply because they prefer certain procedures. This comes at the expense of patients, said Ng Chin Siau, chief executive of Q&M Dental Group. In 2018, Q&M established a company,... ARTICLE BY THE BUSINESS...
Where the air used to vibrate with the sounds of heavy manufacturing, it now resonates with the buzz of new technologies and collaboration at the Tonsley Innovation District, as what was once home to Chrysler and Mitsubishi manufacturers is transformed into Line Zero – Factory of the...
HONG KONG, June 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Prism®, a global leader in intelligent automation, today announced that the HKEX has won the APAC Pinnacle Award, the highest honor given by Blue Prism at its annual Customer Excellence Awards. The APAC Pinnacle Award recognizes the...
While the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 is said to have dealt a knockout blow to the global economy unseen since the Great Depression, its repercussions continue to linger on as we move towards the close of the first half of 2021. And no sooner had we thought that the worst of the pandemic was over,...
As part of an aggressive US$1 billion plan to expand its presence across Southeast Asia, Alibaba Cloud will be launching its first data center in the Philippines by the end of this year. The objective is to extend the reach of its services including elastic compute, databases, security,...
SINGAPORE-BASED growth-stage technology fund Vertex Growth Fund has raised US$15 million from Korea Venture Investment Corporation's (KVIC) Foreign Venture Capital (VC) Investment Fund. Anchored by Vertex Venture Holdings, the Singapore-based VC arm of investment firm Temasek Holdings, the fund...
Nvidia has launched a new version of its Isaac robot simulation engine in the Omniverse, the company’s metaverse sim for engineers. The Omniverse started years ago as a proprietary Nvidia project called Holodeck, named after the virtual reality simulation...
