
OpenSolar receives third-party validation of design tool’s accuracy
Solar Power OpenSolar has announced the findings of independent, third-party assessments that validate the accuracy of its solar design tool. By using OpenSolar’s design tool, solar installers will have full confidence they are providing customers…

Ditching Google Chrome was the best thing I did this year (and you should too)
Digital Transformation It was about a year ago that I began my transition away from Google Chrome (spoilers, I still need to use it, but I now use it minimally). …

MQTT and the Purdue Model Work Together for IIoT Security
Automation Systems The demand for data from both OT teams and cloud and enterprise systems has grown exponentially, but the manufacturing industry is still…

Verogy installs 77-kW solar project on Connecticut school
Solar Power Verogy, a Hartford-based solar energy developer, announced that Stone Academy, a career-oriented institution of higher education, in Waterbury received Permission to Operate (PTO) its recently completed, 77-kW rooftop solar energy project.…

Nat Friedman to step down as head of Microsoft’s GitHub
Digital Transformation Nat Friedman, the CEO of Microsoft's GitHub division is leaving that role and going back to his startup roots, according to an internal announcement…

Automated Loading and Unloading of CNC Machines
Automation Systems The camera control, which gives the robot the flexibility for an infinite variety of parts, and the EasyControl graphical user interface…

New Hikvision HikCentral software makes Access Control and Time Attendance Management easy
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New solution gives businesses a fast track to effective access control and attendance management.
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Months after Texas grid blackouts, renewables await PUC electric market deliberations
Solar Power The Texas electric marketplace could experience some shifts in the coming months. The state Senate passed two bills in May that are supposed to spur winter weatherization for existing fossil fuel infrastructure. But industry members are waiting…

This new PowerPoint feature could make your presentations more entertaining
Digital Transformation Office 365 PowerPoint users are gaining a new feature that should make it easier to record slide-based presentations when working from the office…

Evolution in the Press Shop – Intelligent, Camera-based Tool Protection in Stamping and Forming Technology
Automation Systems Boosting efficiency through digitalization - almost no branch of industry can evade it. Also operators of press shops are increasingly…