A new wave of statisticians is changing the way the world is viewed. Have you seen the movie, Moneyball? It demonstrates that the way big teams evaluate ball players rarely reflects ability. Statistics ...
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Instrumentation and Control was recently afforded an exclusive interview with senior Yokogawa management who were in the country for Yokogawa South Africa’s November 2012 User Conference.
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Istanbul, Turkey, was host to HUG EMEA 2012. Under the theme Sustain.Ability, a feature of last year’s conference was the level of interest in the panel discussions. In-country for the occasion was Technews ...
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Sustain.Ability was the theme which resonated throughout Honeywell’s 2012 EMEA User Group Conference, held last year in Istanbul. Honeywell Process Solutions president, Darius Adamczyk, explained it as ...
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The wireless landscape is changing at near the speed of light. We hope that this snapshot helps to keep you beamed into the right channel.
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There is a definite end of term feel in the air, the holiday season is upon us again and it is time to wind down and take a well-earned break from the daily stresses of e-mail and the workplace. For SA ...
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Hosted in Anaheim California from 8-12 October, Emerson Exchange 2012 showcased another outstanding year for the company, achieved under less than ideal operating conditions. Emerson Process Management ...
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Hydraulic fracturing, fracking, is the process of creating fractures in underground rock formations to allow natural gas and oil to flow more freely into wellbores.
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There is a common perception that not much is new in the world of pneumatics and hydraulics, but scrape the surface and a different picture emerges.
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The SAIMC turned 55 this year and to celebrate we have compiled a feature for this issue in commemoration of SAIMC through the ages. Over the last 55 years the Society has faced and overcome many challenges ...
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Held annually in Nuremberg at the end of November, the SPS IPC Drives Expo is billed as the world’s biggest event for designers, manufacturers and end-users of automation and drives technologies. To quote ...
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There can only be one justification for automation: Profit. But how do you detail that justification so that bean counters give your project the green light?
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