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Could Cobots Be the Answer to the Welder Shortage?

The American Welding Society has predicted a deficit of 400,000 welders by 2024. According to specialist welding technologists K-TIG, a US welder’s skills are in such high demand they can demand a salary of $100,000. Could Cobots Be the Answer to the Welder Shortage? Claudia Jarrett, US Country Manager | EU Automation Inc. In recent […]

DOE’s Study Offers Vision for a Zero-carbon Grid

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Solar Futures Study detailing the significant role solar will play in decarbonizing the nation’s power grid. The study shows that by 2035, solar energy has the potential to power 40% of the nation’s electricity, drive deep decarbonization of the grid, and employ as many as 1.5 […]

Quantum computers could be a weapon against climate change, but maybe not in the way you expect

Experts in the field are increasingly turning their attention to whether quantum computers could provide solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change.   Image: Misha Friedman / Contributor / Getty Images From faster and better drug design to solving the travelling salesman problem at the scale of global supply chains, […]

University of Birmingham partners with Siemens to create the smartest university campus in the world

Written on {{ “2021-09-09T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-09-09T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} The University of Birmingham, in partnership with Siemens, is combining digital sensor and analytics technologies, artificial intelligence, decentralized energy generation and storage, renewable energy and concepts that help change users’ behaviour to transform the university’s Edgbaston and Dubai campuses […]

iSun Acquires SunCommon Solar Installation Company

SunCommon’s Pointe of Praise Family Life Center Community Solar Array in Kingston, NY. iSun Inc., a solar energy and clean mobility infrastructure company, and SolarCommunities Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which a subsidiary of iSun will acquire SunCommon. It will create a regional full-service solar installation leader servicing the residential, commercial, […]

How Cipla is creating a strategic approach for automation and digitization, IT News, ET CIO

The pandemic has made it imperative for organisations to become more agile and responsive to the new normal in the short and long term. To face this dynamic situation, Cipla is embarking on a strategic ‘Reimagination’ journey, led by the digital transformation of their value chain across functions, including Finance, R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, HR, […]

Renesas Launches 32-Bit RX671 MCUs Realizing High Performance and Power Efficiency with HMI Functions for Contactless Operation

Written on {{ “2021-09-09T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-09-09T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RX671 group of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), adding a new high-performance, high-functionality single-chip solution with touch sensing and voice recognition capabilities for contactless operation to the popular […]