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Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 refers to a new phase in the Industrial Revolution that focuses heavily on interconnectivity, automation, machine learning, and real-time data. Industry 4.0, which encompasses IIoT and smart manufacturing, marries physical production and operations with smart digital technology, machine learning, and big data to create a more holistic and better-connected ecosystem for companies that focus on manufacturing and supply chain management.

NASA’s Supersonic Jet So fast It Can’t Have A Windshield – Flies 925 MPH

PALMDALE, Ca. - NASA officially trotted out the finished version of an experimental aircraft that looks like a stretched-out arrowhead. Painted in red, white, and blue, the plane is called the X-59, and it has a lofty goal: to fly faster than the speed of sound over land, but do so in a quiet enough

By |2024-01-30T15:15:14-05:00January 30th, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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UM Report Finds Knowledge Workers, Not Factory Jobs, Still Key To Prosperity

LANSING—Twenty years after the first edition of Michigan Future Inc. and the University of Michigan’s report titled A New Path to Prosperity? Manufacturing and Knowledge-Based Industries As Drivers of Economic Growth was released, the two organizations are releasing a second edition which contains a startling finding: Michigan’s economic standing has plummeted, with Michigan now ranking 39th in personal income

By |2024-01-24T12:34:29-05:00January 24th, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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Diamond Nuclear Battery Can Provide 50 Years Of Power Investors Claim

BEIJING - China's Betavolt New Energy Technology has unveiled a new modular nuclear battery that uses a combination of a nickel-63 (⁶³Ni) radioactive isotope and a 4th-generation diamond semiconductor and can power a device for 50 years. Nuclear batteries may sound like something super-advanced, but they've been around in one form or another since the

By |2024-01-24T12:36:25-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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Researchers Create Green Tech That Produces Hydrogen Using Renewable Energy

NEW YORK - A group of researchers from the Technion Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering has presented a new technology for producing green hydrogen using renewable energy. Their breakthrough was recently published in Nature Materials. The novel technology embodies significant advantages compared to other processes for producing green hydrogen, and its development into a commercial technology is likely to

By |2024-01-23T09:07:23-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Featured, Industry 4.0|
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Executive Search Partners’ Gary Erickson Explains What It Takes To Land A Senior IT Job

ANN ARBOR - Gary Erickson, managing partner of Executive Search Partners, explains in this video interview what it takes in 2024 to become a senior IT Leader, and more importantly how to land that job. In this interview, he discusses: 1. How is the market for senior IT leaders in 2024? 2. Executive Search Partners

By |2024-01-22T16:45:36-05:00January 22nd, 2024|Industry 4.0, mitechtv|
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Michigan Wants To Make Illegal For Companies To Put Microchips In Their Employees

LANSING - Imagine you're at the office and you want a snack from the vending machine in the break room. Instead of digging around for change or fishing through your wallet for your debit card, you simply wave your hand in front of the machine, money comes out of your bank account, and you get

By |2024-01-04T15:16:49-05:00January 3rd, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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Beam Me Up Scotty! First Step Towards ‘Teleportation’ To Match Star Trek Tech

LONDON - Scientists claim they have made the first major step towards real life teleportation, taking Star Trek technology out of science fiction and into the physical realm. New research from an international team of scientists demonstrates for the first time the ability to "teleport" images across a network without physically sending the image itself.

By |2024-01-04T15:16:51-05:00January 3rd, 2024|Industry 4.0|
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Revex Inks Manufacturing Tech Agreement With Michigan Technological University

HOUGHTON - Revex Technologies, a Michigan Tech Enterprise Corporation client, announced that it has entered into a definitive collaboration agreement with Michigan Technological University to develop innovative manufacturing and material processing technologies for incorporation into Revex’s planned operations. The basis for this agreement is a U.S. Department of Energy Grant that was awarded to Michigan

By |2023-12-31T12:35:19-05:00December 31st, 2023|Industry 4.0|
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Tesla Factory Robot Reportedly Attacked Worker Creating Dangerous Reality In Increasingly Automated Workplace

TEXAS - A robot attacked a Tesla worker and left them bleeding on the automaker’s Austin factory floor two years ago, according to an explosive new report. It was one of a series of incidents at Giga Texas, a sprawling Austin factory that is key to Tesla’s goals of building a sub-$25,000 electric car. The series of

By |2023-12-29T15:39:34-05:00December 29th, 2023|Industry 4.0|
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College Student Accidentally Creates Rechargeable Battery That Lasts 400 Years

IRVINE, Calif. - There's an old saying that luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. There's no better example of that than a recent discovery at the University of California, Irvine, by doctoral student Mya Le Thai. After playing around in the lab, she made a discovery that could lead to a rechargeable battery that lasts

By |2023-12-29T15:39:35-05:00December 29th, 2023|Industry 4.0|
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