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Vigilant video for fire safety – inside and out

Written on {{ “2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} The first signs of fire can be spotted 24/7 – even in challenging outdoor conditions – on a manufacturing complex, thanks to algorithm-driven video camera, AVIOTEC. Risks to people and premises The fundamental purpose of manufacturers is the efficient output […]

Central Virginia fuel company acquires solar contracting company Altenergy

Altenergy Tiger Fuel Company, a family-operated fuel distributor in Central Virginia, announced the completed acquisition of solar energy company Altenergy. The acquisition builds upon an ongoing collaboration between the two companies in the last 2.5 years. Tiger partnered with Altenergy in 2018 to solar-power its gourmet-to-go convenience stores, The Market at Preston and The Market […]

Google I/O 2021: Google unveils LaMDA

Google on Tuesday unveiled its latest language breakthrough, the development of a conversational language model called LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications). Google discussed the new model during the keynote address at its I/O conference.  Like other recently-developed language models, including BERT and GPT-3, LaMDA is built on Transformer, the neural network architecture that Google […]

Siemens and Telefónica Tech will offer combined solutions for smart buildings

Written on {{ “2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Companies will jointly offer a technology portfolio for buildings, including everything from energy efficiency and user experience to connectivity, security and data analysis. Siemens Smart Infrastructure in Spain, a market leader in innovation and technology for smart buildings, and […]

Sage Energy Consulting now providing solar asset management solutions for schools, cities

Paradise Energy Solutions Solar installations continued to set records in 2020, with 19.2 GW of solar capacity installed, a 43% increase over 2019. Schools and municipalities are participating in greater numbers than ever, attracted by favorable policies and seeking to make greater use of their rooftops, parking lots, and open ground while setting an environmental […]

NORD MAXXDRIVE Industrial Gear Units: Built for the Toughest Applications

Rugged, reliable, and thermally optimized, NORD’s industrial gear units are ready to take on the most demanding industrial drive technology requirements. NORD MAXXDRIVE Industrial Gear Units: Built for the Toughest Applications News From | NORD DRIVESYSTEMS The MAXXDRIVE® portfolio from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS offers parallel and right-angle industrial gear units with high output torques from 132,800 […]

Can do a lot more than a gateway in the IIoT

Written on {{ “2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-05-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} The admittedly somewhat cumbersome product designation IGMG-P83244GC+-D4G gives some idea that this machine presented as an M2M gateway for IoT applications can do considerably more than only forwarding data or conveying data between IT systems. IIoT all-in-one gateway IGMG-P83244GC+-D4G […]