Instant Factories: Bright Machines’ Software Defined Manufacturing
Bright Machines recently announced its vision of integrating software and artificial intelligence (AI) into every phase of the manufacturing cycle with the introduction of Bright Machines Microfactories, which combine software, machine learning, computer vision, and adaptive robotics into an automation platform that improves the way products are assembled and inspected. Here the company’s CEO discusses the implications of the model.
June 2019 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business: PMI® at 51.7%
New Orders Unchanged; Production and Employment Growing Supplier Deliveries Slowing at a Slower Rate; Backlog Contracting Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too Low Prices Decreasing; Exports Growing, Imports Unchanged (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in June, and the overall economy grew for the 122nd consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing […]
Isorg and Sumitomo Chemical announce partnership to develop organic photodetectors
Grenoble, France, and Tokyo, Japan– Isorg, a pioneer in organic photodetectors (OPDs) and large-area image sensors, and Sumitomo Chemical, a global leader in OPD materials production and other fields, today announce their agreement to develop new OPD products for use as smartphone fingerprint sensors and hybrid organic CMOS image sensors. This agreement expands the existing collaboration between […]
ERM Advanced Telematics Enters the IoT market and Introduces New Sensing Solutions Designed to Monitor and Track Assets
International automotive technology supplier ERM Advanced Telematics, whose products are installed in more than 5 million vehicles worldwide, is expanding its activities from telematics solutions for locating and tracking vehicles, drivers and passengers, to a complimentary field of IoT (Internet of Things). The company is introducing its IoTLink line of products, which is based on technology […]
Trends in Screen Technology: Circular Display
By Mike Logan, Display and Input Technology Manager and Specialist, Anders Circular displays are quite simply a varying shape/form factor that we have added to our solutions portfolio to give our Anders customers choice and help differentiate their product design. In the past, to achieve the appearance of a circular display, by far the most cost-effective […]