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Ray Hein
The manufacturing industry is at a make-or-break point. An underqualified workforce coupled with a disruptive pandemic has made it difficult for companies to attract top talent. Manufacturers are having trouble filling open roles with employees who possess necessary skills to carry out the desired…
Bryan Christiansen
When it comes to maintaining the critical infrastructure and machinery of your facility, choosing the right maintenance contractor can make all the difference. It's essential to find a contractor who not only has the knowledge and skills to keep a maintenance program running smoothly, but also the…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- When aging vehicle batteries lack the juice to power your car anymore, they may still hold energy. Yet it’s tough to find new uses for lithium-ion batteries with different makers, ages, and sizes. A solution is urgently needed because battery recycling options are scarce.…
Gleb Tsipursky
‘I would bet 10 percent or more of our remote staff, especially programmers, are working two remote jobs! We need to stop this before it escalates and get everyone back to the office.”
Thus spoke the chair of the board of a Fortune 1000 tech company when I met with the board to help them figure…
Erika James
Crises are leadership litmus tests—make-or-break challenges, such as the Covid-19 pandemic—that are often unique and random, appearing out of nowhere with no clear road map. Many of those who prevail understand that crises are inevitable and seek to learn the lessons of experience. They then…
Adam Zewe
Imagine using an online banking app to deposit money into your account. Like all information sent over the internet, those communications could be corrupted by noise that inserts errors into the data.
To overcome this problem, senders encode data before they are transmitted, and then a receiver…
(BILT: Grapevine, TX) -- Yotrio, a leading manufacturer of outdoor living products, is enhancing its out-of-the-box customer experience with BILT. The 3D interactive app will deliver Yotrio’s assembly instructions with customizable guides to make it easier to set up pergolas, furniture, swings, and…
(Kennametal: Pittsburgh) -- Kennametal, a leader in metal-cutting tools and solutions, has introduced a higher-performance turning grade with an advanced coating technology. KCP25C with KENGold is the first choice for metal-cutting inserts and offers improved wear and higher metal removal rates for…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek medical sensors withstand the effects of autoclave cycles used to sterilize medical equipment prior to surgical procedures or other medical uses. According to the Centers for Disease Control, steam sterilization—as accomplished in an autoclave—is the most widely…
Rupa Mahanti
Data are an enterprise asset, and data governance (DG) is about establishing policies, processes, rules, standards, and controls around data to improve the quality of data and ensure data security and privacy.1
However, organizations struggle to implement data governance and, as a result, face a…
Grace Stinson
Women have always been and continue to be a fundamental cog in the constantly grinding wheels of capitalism. But Bloomberg’s recent report on gender equality in the workplace shows there are still major gaps between the status of men and women in modern-day workforces.
Although half of the entry-…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Lightweight electronics, meet the heavyweight champion for information protection. Security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have announced a victor in their program to find a worthy defender of data generated by small devices. The…
(Princeton Infrared Technologies: Monmouth Junction, NJ) -- Princeton Infrared Technologies has been selected by AFWERX, a program office at the Air Force Research Laboratory, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract in the amount of $749,961 for developing extended-…
(Council of the European Union: Brussels) -- In a press release today the Council of the European Union announced that it has adopted a regulation which extends the deadline for the certification of medical devices. This measure aims to prevent that medical devices which cannot be certified by the…
Donald J. Wheeler, Al Pfadt
In memory of Al Phadt, Ph.D.
This article is a reprint of a paper Al and I presented several years ago. It illustrates how the interpretation and visual display of data in their context can facilitate discovery. Al’s integrated approach is a classic example not only for clinical practitioners but…
Etienne Nichols
On Dec. 9, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new draft guidance, “Content of Human Factors Information in Medical Device Marketing Submissions,” that provides recommendations for the inclusion of human-factors information in marketing submissions.
The drafted guidance is…
Michael Alba
(Engineering.com: Toronto, Ontario) -- The automotive industry ranks first place in digital transformation, according to a new report from ABI Research.
The sector scored a 3.7 out of 5 on ABI’s Digital Transformation Index, which assesses digital maturity across seven criteria, including robotics…
Adam Zewe
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Powerful machine-learning models are being used to help people tackle tough problems, such as identifying disease in medical images or detecting road obstacles for autonomous vehicles. But machine-learning models can make mistakes, so it’s critical that humans know when to…
ISO
The world of work connects employers, workers, governments, and regulators, but it has fundamentally changed since 2019. The upheaval caused by the pandemic, energy crisis, war, and the green transition have exposed and exacerbated fractures in the workplace, most often related to job status and…
Aaron Krol
As plastic pollution continues to mount, with growing risks to ecosystems and wildlife, manufacturers are beginning to make ambitious commitments to keep new plastics out of the environment. A growing number have signed onto the U.S. Plastics Pact, which pledges to make all plastic packaging…
(CNCMachines: Sanford, FL) -- A national CNC machine marketplace, CNCMachines.com helps manufacturers buy and sell used machines like CNC mills, CNC lathes, and fabrication machines.
The mission at CNCMachines.com is to help U.S. manufacturers upgrade their technology. To this end, the company…
(Configit: Copenhagen, Denmark) -- Configit, a global leader in configuration life cycle management (CLM), has announced that its Configit Ace has been approved for use by Unity Forma. Additionally, the two companies have co-developed a connector between Configit Ace and Unity Forma, providing…
Kate Zabriskie
‘They’re hit or miss: Sometimes the service is marvelous. Other times it’s simply meh. I’m afraid to recommend the place because I can’t trust them to deliver.”
“Maybe I’m just boring, but I don’t like surprises. They’re great one day and disappointing the next. I don’t need to be delighted. I…
Bryan Christiansen
According to “The 2022 State of Employee Safety Report,” 79 percent of employees say they’re concerned about their health and safety at work. Workplace safety policies along with various technologies can be effective tools for preventing injuries and increasing employee productivity. Overlooking or…
Trupti Dhere
The healthcare industry is known for rapidly adopting advanced technologies that offer improved treatment for various diseases. Consequently, digital twin technology in healthcare has gained popularity during the past few years, owing to the range of advantages it offers.
Digital twin technology…
