“A green earth and blue ocean is a growth generator,” Japanese PM tells Davos
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailJapanese prime minister Shinzo Abe told the World Economic Forum in Davos this week his country has been revitalised by recent economic policy, and will exploit data to create a …
“Yes, the driller has to drill, but it also has to compute” – and other Airbus rules for Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this was originally intended to be a two part series covering Airbus’ four essential lessons for Industry 4.0. Here, we are inserting another entry and another lesson, of sorts, …
Is big data more like oil or sunshine?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMetaphors aside, big data is the key to AI development We’ve all heard the comparison, perhaps too often, but here it is: big data is the new oil that business …
World Economic Forum’s new Industry 4.0 policy bureau puts focus on AI, blockchain
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMembership of the World Economic Forum’s fledgling Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network (Centre Network) has swelled to over 100, with five nations and a number of international organisations …
UK tech incubator sets up Industry 4.0 demo labs to show LoRa based IoT solutions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailUK tech incubator Digital Catapult is sponsoring a pair of UK firms to set up as Industry 4.0 showcase labs for the rest of the UK manufacturing industry. County Durham …
“Take your bullshit tech, and come back when it’s ready” – and other Airbus rules for Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEuropean aerospace firm Airbus has a 10-year back-log of orders, explains Sébastien Boria, R&D technology leader at Airbus. “Which means we have no problem selling aircraft.” Demand is high because …
Sensing and sense-making: Seven key supply chain technologies
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailI read it somewhere, and it made sense; the application of new digital technologies in the global supply chain is about two critical functions – ‘sensing’ and ‘sense-making’, where the …
AI set to drive the global supply chain technology market to $440 billion by 2023
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailRevenues generated by technology in the global supply chain will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 11 per cent over the next five years, reaching $440 billion by …
HPE opens industrial IoT innovation lab in Geneva to develop edge portfolio, revenues
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has opened a new Industry 4.0 ‘innovation lab’ for industrial IoT and edge compute projects in Geneva, Switzerland. The company said the new facility will bring …
London intros major IoT project to clean up city’s “filthy air”, tackle “public health crisis”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA major new internet of things (IoT) project has launched in London to investigate improve the city’s toxic air. The initiative, Breathe London, claims “the world’s most advanced and comprehensive …
