The latest attempt at the land speed record is set to take place next year at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape. However, the goal of the Bloodhound project is not simply to exceed the current benchmark ...
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In his column this month, Jim Pinto predicts that the Internet of Things (IoT) will be instrumental in transforming the next decade. He and his fellow futurists believe that intelligent networks will ...
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What comes to mind when you think about these units of measure: one millimetre, one micron and one nanometre?
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Welcome back after the holidays and all the best for 2015 from the team at Technews. I trust you are all well refreshed after the December holidays and ready to face the challenges of the year ahead with ...
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The recent Siemens Future of Manufacturing conference provided a comprehensive overview of the company’s latest technology offerings, as well as some refreshing insight into the challenges currently faced ...
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In this article we take a look at exciting developments in asset management, maintenance and the drive toward greater operational efficiency and profitability in process and manufacturing plants and utilities.
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For the first time in recent weeks, we as publishers are starting to feel a little more in control and optimistic. Finally somebody at Government level is intervening to stabilise things in the South ...
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“Ingenuity shapes the world we live in today,” were the words Emerson Process Management president, Steve Sonnenberg, chose to open the 2014 Global User Group Exchange held this year in Orlando, Florida. The ...
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By the time you receive this issue of the magazine, the Technews IT developers will have put the finishing touches to one of the most significant Internet initiatives this company has ever undertaken. ...
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Much has been written and spoken about Industrie 4.0 in the past year or so. It’s now time for early adopters to lay the foundations so that they can reap the benefits of this initiative.
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Cognitive computing Sustainable manufacturing, as defined by the US Department of Commerce, is the creation of manufactured products using processes that minimise negative environmental impacts, conserve ...
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Biomimicry is a relatively new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve current technological problems. The underlying principle is that nature, ...
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