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DevOps
fromInfoQ
2 weeks ago

Configuration as a Control Plane: Designing for Safety and Reliability at Scale

Configuration in cloud-native systems is a dynamic control plane that directly influences system behavior and reliability at runtime.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Factory Paying Human Worker to Watch Robot Worker All Day

Humanoid robots like Digit are being deployed in factories with human supervisors, with costs expected to drop from $10-$25 per hour to $2-$3 per hour, potentially displacing workers earning $20 per hour.
Bicycling
fromBikerumor
3 weeks ago

Patent Patrol: Inventor with Tire Pressure Management System Patent Seeks Industry Partner

A new patented TPMS design aims to make tire pressure adjustment systems more affordable and commercially viable by addressing cost and compatibility issues that hindered previous systems.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
4 weeks ago

ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Moxa, Mitsubishi Electric

Industrial control system manufacturers Siemens, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, and Moxa released multiple security advisories addressing critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in their ICS products.
Online marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
4 weeks ago

Precision Circuit Board Flux Removal with Dry Ice - Social Media Explorer

Dry ice blasting uses solid CO₂ pellets accelerated by compressed air to clean delicate electronics without introducing moisture, static risks, or physical damage to sensitive components.
Gadgets
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Engineer caused data loss by cleaning PCs with welding tools

A structural engineer destroyed five AutoCAD PCs by using oil-laden compressed air and acetone, causing hardware failure and loss of engineering files.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Why Tolerance Management Is a Business-Critical Skill in Modern Manufacturing

We are now in a time of manufacturing where precision is more than a technical necessity; it's a business requirement. The more complex, globally dispersed and demanding things get, the less slack remains in the system. Under these circumstances tolerance management has become a decisive competence and affects competitiveness not only in terms of controlling costs, ensuring quality and improving production efficiency but also for long term market success.
Business
fromBig Think
2 months ago

How "tribology" became a new industrial science

the automation of heavy machinery enabled plants to operate continuously, increasing productivity and revenue. The downside was that any small hiccup was acutely felt, cascading through the production line. At first, it was assumed that inadequate lubrication of factory equipment was causing parts to seize up or break apart. And so, the Lubrication and Wear Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, along with the Iron
Science
UX design
fromCarlbarenbrug
2 months ago

Friction by Design

Intentional friction preserves user awareness and reflection, trading pure speed for more considered decisions and preventing autopilot interactions.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Microsoft touts immature HTS tech for datacenter efficiency

High-temperature superconducting (HTS) power delivery can reduce datacenter power losses, increase electrical density, and save space compared with copper or aluminum wiring.
fromDragan Babic
3 months ago

Steam, steel, and infinite minds by Ivan Zhao - Dragan Babic

The weekly two-hour alignment meeting becomes a five-minute async review. My main concern is that as soon as people are out of the trenches of their work, that their motivation for the quality of said work deteriorates. This means we will have to invent better motivations for people to work at all. I can't see this kind of work-people as operators-excites anyone. Why would they work at all, then?
fromSecurityWeek
1 month ago

ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Aveva, Phoenix Contact

Siemens has published eight new advisories. The company has released patches and mitigations for high-severity issues in Desigo CC, Sentron Powermanager, Simcenter Femap and Nastran, NX, Sinec NMS, Solid Edge, and Polarion products. A medium-severity flaw has been found in Siveillance Video Management Servers. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities can lead to unauthorized access, XSS, DoS, code execution, and privilege escalation.
Information security
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