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Graham Ward
In the workplace, we are often in a semidependent state. We seek approval and guidance from colleagues and superiors, all while hiding our deepest vulnerabilities.
Our insecurities drive us to seek external validation, which shapes our actions and decisions. In essence, we exhibit what…
(DNV: Høvik, Norway) -- DNV, a risk management and assurance company, has published a suite of recommended practices (RPs) that will enable companies operating critical devices, assets, and infrastructure to safely apply artificial intelligence (AI).
High-quality AI systems require strong building…
(Capgemini: Paris) -- The 15th edition of the World Quality Report, published by Capgemini, Sogeti, and OpenText, highlights the rising importance of quality engineering (QE) to enhance both sustainability in business operations and value delivery to customers and end users. According to the report…
Henning Piezunka, Sanghyun Park, Linus Dahlander
In the quest for groundbreaking solutions, businesses actively seek a wide range of distinct ideas. However, the suggestions they receive—whether from employees or external contributors—eventually end up being quite similar. Why does this happen?
Our research shows that businesses influence the…
NIST
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have built a superconducting camera containing 400,000 pixels—400 times more than any other device of its type.
Superconducting cameras allow scientists to capture very weak light signals, whether from…
(Starrett: Athol, MA) -- The L.S. Starrett Co., a leading global manufacturer of precision measuring tools and gages, metrology systems and more, has introduced three wireless electronic depth gages made in the United States: W640JZ, W643JZ, and W644JZ.
They are part of a line of more than 40 new…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology Human-Centered Cybersecurity program is pleased to announce the release of the NIST Phish Scale User Guide.
The Phish Scale is a method designed to rate an email’s human phishing detection difficulty. It has been…
Chris Caldwell
As the growth in fulfillment warehouses, e-commerce, and third-party logistics skyrockets, and unique customer demands evolve, more companies are exploring the concept of dark warehouses—fully automated, “lights-out” facilities that use intelligent, interconnected devices to operate without human…
Dawn Bailey
During the recent celebration of Manufacturing Day, thousands of U.S. manufacturers showcased the realities of modern manufacturing to students as a way to inspire the next generation.
The importance of this can’t be overemphasized. During the next decade, four million U.S. manufacturing jobs will…
Leah Chan Grinvald, Ofer Tur-Sinai
Cars are no longer just a means of transportation. They have become rolling hubs of data communication. Modern vehicles regularly transmit information wirelessly to their manufacturers.
However, as cars grow “smarter,” the right to repair them is under siege.
As legal scholars, we find that the…
(Aigen: Kirkland, WA) -- Aigen, an AI-driven robotics company, closed $12 million in Series A financing from leading investor ReGen Ventures along with NEA, Cleveland Avenue, Incite, and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments. The funding expands Aigen’s manufacturing capacity to meet high preorder…
(Siemens Digital Industries Software: Plano, TX) -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that Ricoh has begun a collaboration to realize the industrial aluminum binder jet technology (BJT) solution for mass production. Ricoh is leveraging Siemens’ Additive Manufacturing Network…
(Evident: Waltham, MA) -- The DP75 digital microscope camera breaks new ground in microscopic imaging. Users can capture brightfield or wide-wavelength fluorescence images using a single camera, eliminating the inconvenience of switching between multiple cameras.
One camera, multiple applications…
Brent Simpson
When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true whether managers are biased against them or when they’re biased in their favor, according to a new paper that Nicholas Heiserman of Oklahoma State University and I have published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour…
Adam Zewe
A quick scan of recent headlines makes it seem as if generative artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. In fact, some of those headlines may actually have been written by generative AI such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a chatbot that has demonstrated an uncanny ability to produce text that seems…
(Dürr: Southfield, MI) -- Dürr is enabling a compact and modular construction method with a new system design for pretreatment in the painting process. EcoProWet PT is a flexible and scalable wet system for body pretreatment that takes much less space and time to build than classic immersion tanks…
(Nikon: Brighton, MI) -- Nikon Metrology-Americas has launched three new models in its VOXLS range of X-ray CT (computed tomography) systems for nondestructive inspection. The introduction of the 30 Series fills a specific need in the industry for users looking for an automation-ready system with…
Mike Figliuolo
It’s not worth getting upset over little things (or even big things) at work. Being hotheaded gets you nowhere. Just know that karma eventually works everything out.
Perspective and patience: It’s a challenge, especially in a lightning-fast business world filled with Type A’s, Cro-Magnons, and…
Tara Fortier
Measuring and keeping track of time has allowed people to plan and coordinate locally with others for millennia.
As the world has modernized and our pace of life has increased, our relationship to time has changed. Time has become a scarce commodity. The standardization of time has also become…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) researchers have developed a machine-learning framework for identifying flaws in 3D-printed products using sensor data gathered simultaneously with production, saving time and money while maintaining comparable accuracy to traditional…
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling for participants in a new consortium supporting development of innovative methods for evaluating artificial intelligence (AI) systems to improve the rapidly growing…
Douglas C. Fair, Scott A. Hindle
Data overload has become a common malady. Modern data collection technologies and low-cost database storage have motivated companies to collect data on almost everything. The result? Data overload. Unfortunately, few companies leverage the information hidden away in those terabytes of data.
There…
Gad Allon
Amazon’s incredible growth over the years has made it a textbook example of what it means for a business to scale, going from a scrappy startup in Jeff Bezos’ garage to a multinational corporation with more than 1.5 million employees.
The retailer recently announced it’s hiring 250,000 full- and…
Chris Anderson
A cost-effective process that yields solid welds for long-term performance, resistance spot welding (RSW) remains a top joining method for a variety of structural parts. RSW was one of the first applications leveraged by robotics, and advances in robot hardware and software have enhanced it.
With…
(Hydraulic Institute: Parsippany, NJ) -- Hydraulic Institute announced the availability of two new on-demand training products developed with its educational subsidiary, Pump Systems Matter. These on-demand training products are designed to support the pump and fluid-handling industry with…
