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Smart Building Security Awareness Expands

In 2015, USA Networks aired one of the most realistic depictions of building hacking ever to be featured in a TV or movie. The lead character, Elliot, posing as a tech billionaire, walks into a highly secured data facility in upstate New York and obtains a tour. Afterward, he manages to sneak into a sensitive […]

All Robotics and Automation Stories and Videos

Robot HMI for Projects Automation To customize a robot interface, the only thing required is the robot HMI. However, there is a wide array of HMIs that differ from each other based on several factors. The challenge is to determine which is the best HMI. Shortening Sales Cycles; A Top Priority for Manufacturers Trade publications […]

How IoT Technology Can Help With Sustainability

IoT technology is beginning to live up to its promise of driving efficiency as well as sustainability.  Not a day goes by, it seems, without a depressing news story emerging about the environment. At the same time, there have been a plethora of stories about technology gone awry in recent years — whether it is […]

Turquoise Solar Project Achieves Commercial Operation

McCarthy Building Companies’ Renewable Energy & Storage group has recently completed construction of the Turquoise Solar Project in Washoe County, Nev.  The new 61 MW DC solar farm is located on approximately 180 acres in the Reno Technology Park – a 2,200-acre industrial park shared between Apple and Turquoise Solar, who own approximately 1,600 and […]

All Robotics and Automation Stories and Videos

Robot HMI for Projects Automation To customize a robot interface, the only thing required is the robot HMI. However, there is a wide array of HMIs that differ from each other based on several factors. The challenge is to determine which is the best HMI. Shortening Sales Cycles; A Top Priority for Manufacturers Trade publications […]

How the Smart Home Market Can Overcome Its Top Hurdles

While smart home adoption grows, the landscape remains fragmented and unsecure. Here’s how the market can move forward. Hackers are targeting smart home devices ranging from video doorbells to connected baby monitors. In recent years, there have been several stories of smart speaker vendors gathering sensitive information. And then there is the fact that the […]

SMA, GRID Alternatives Partner to Expand Equitable Renewable Access

SMA America, a company that specializes in photovoltaic system technology, says it is now a national equipment supplier for GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer. The partnership will build on the organizations’ mutual goals to extend access to clean energy technologies in communities across the U.S. SMA will do in-kind equipment donations as […]