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IIoT as an enabler of MRO in the Industry 4.0 era: Part 1
June 19, 2018 By Zenobia Hegde Government-led industrial automation initiatives such as Industry 4.0 and the broader approach of the Industrial Internet of Things, (IIoT), are having a profound effect on manufacturing, says Darren Hobbs, of S3 Semiconductors. Promising to make industrial processes and organisations more efficient, profitable and agile, it relies on data capture and analysis in addition to achieving more with the production assets available. Achieving more means that plants needs to be kept in optimal working condition and constantly monitored for signs of wear or potential failure. Downtime needs to be carefully managed and kept to an absolute minimum. In this article, we look at how IIoT technologies are enabling transformation of Maintenance, Repair and Operations, (MRO), and also at the critical role played by sensors in enabling this transformation. Industry 4.0 and MRO Industry 4.0 is based on the “smart factory,” in which cyber-physical systems monitor the physical processes of the factory and make decentralised decisions. Classic characteristics of an Industry 4.0 factory or system include: Collaboration — machines, devices, sensors and people that connect and communicate ... Read more...EURODIG Tbilisi 2018: Positioning in the New Complexity of the Global Internet Governance Ecosystem
June 18, 2018 By Wolfgang Kleinwächter Early June 2018 the European Internet community traveled into the Caucasian Mountains to participate in EURODIG 11. On its way into the digital age, Europe is, as EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel said, at another crossroad. In cyberspace, Europe risks becoming sandwiched between US and Chinese Cyberpower policies. Social networks, search engines, smartphones, eTrade platforms — key sectors of today’s digital economy — are dominated both by the US and Chinese giants: Alibaba and Amazon, Google and Baidu, Facebook and Weibo, Apple and Huawai. And it is also clear, that the 2020s global political agenda will be determined by issues like cyberwar and digital trade where the United States of America and the Peoples Republic of China will be the main competitors. Insofar EURODIG was a good opportunity to discuss the role of Europe in this forthcoming very complex cyber powerplay. EURODIG is the European regional version of the UN based Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The 11th edition in Tbilisi, Georgia, saw 800 registrations from more than 50 countries, representing all stakeholder ... Read more...Inside Portland’s Plan to Battle Traffic Deaths by Hanging ‘Smartphones’ on Street Lights
June 18, 2018 By Glenn Fleishman Three deadly streets in Portland, Oregon, are about to get a high-tech upgrade. It’s not smart pavement or Robocop traffic guards, but an intelligent set of sensors mounted on street lights that will provide a constant stream of information about what’s moving, and how fast. The city announced today that a consortium under the City IQ banner of AT&T, Intel, and Current by GE will work with Portland General Electric to hang 200 “smartphones for municipalities,” as AT&T vice president of Internet of Things (IoT) Michael Zeto describes them. This “Traffic Sensor Safety Project,” as the city dubs it, is part of Smart City PDX. The same consortium is also at work deploying thousands of sensing devices in San Diego. Zeto, the general manager of the company’s Smart Cities program, says that the devices combine cameras, microphones, and environmental sensors, which can identify pedestrians, cars, and cyclists, help pinpoint the location of gunshots, and sniff for pollutants. In Portland’s case, the focus in this pilot deployment focuses on traffic safety to help ... Read more...
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