The Industrial Internet Consortium testbed group develops new architecture for synchronizing distributed microgrid systems, and new solutions to manage supply-demand fluctuations.
The deadline to submit a proposal to speak during the Smart Manufacturing and/or 3D Printing innovation summits at Pacific Design & Manufacturing and ATX West, aka Anaheim, is August 24, 2018.
Problems can erupt in the flow of the materials supply for products. In order to anticipate and solve supply problems, design engineers should have alternative material identified.
Researchers in Germany have used gummy bears not as a snack, but for printing microelectrodes onto soft materials for more biocompatibility in medical applications.
While collaborative robots can increasingly range throughout warehouses and other facilities, such capabilities mean new teachings for both the robots and their human coworkers.
National laboratories and universities are making progress in the research to move beyond lithium ion batteries, but their scientific breakthroughs will continue only with renewed federal funding.
Solar panels are becoming more affordable, but land is not. Here's how to set up a solar panel array that absorbs maximum energy while taking up minimum space.
