Feel starfish sucking on your hand - large aquariums as in the Ostsee-Info-Center (OIC (Baltic Sea Information Centre)), in various zoos or at the "Sealife" locations delight visitors of all ages. The aquariums provide exciting insights into the ecosystems of diverse underwater worlds.

It used to be the case that space was beyond reach to all but the richest governments and a handful of private enterprises. Today, opportunities in space look very different. Commercial space activities have taken off, driven in large part by greater functionality in smaller packages. With faster time-to-market, better size, weight, and power features at lower price points, and lower launch costs, new business models and significant venture funding are finding their way to commercial space...

For the first time, Weidmüller presents its Pick-to-Light and Put-to-Light solutions for picking and assembly tasks in industry and intralogistics.

Cognex VisionPro ViDi enables deep learning-based machine vision for automatic identification, inspection and classification.

RFID systems with various frequency ranges are finding increasing use in modern production and assembly plants. Each system is designed for different applications. Low-frequency (LF) systems are suited mainly for applications in metallic surroundings. High-frequency (HF) systems are the ideal choice where a greater read/write distance and high speed are paramount. Since each system until now required its own RFID controller type, this was not only cumbersome...

Whether building a new aircraft or designing new capabilities into industrial and medical control systems, choosing the right system software and hardware architectures is crucial for the success of the program. The aerospace and defense industry and the embedded community continue to shift towards adopting the latest hardware to solve challenging performance problems that address a variety of workloads.

Siemens will be exhibiting at the automatica 2018 with an array of integrated and user-oriented Digital Enterprise solutions designed to sharpen the competitive edge of both end users and machine builders. Exhibiting under the banner “Digital Enterprise – Implement now!”, Siemens will be focusing on ways in which industrial enterprises of all sizes can benefit from the digital transformation – along the entire value chain from product design and...

The verification of barcodes helps ensuring the readability of the barcode throughout the complete supply chain. Barcode verification is the process of grading the quality of barcodes. A barcode verifier assigns an overall grade to a code based on measurements of several quality parameters. Depending on the code type they apply different national and international standards.

With the mobile assistance system smartConnect by in-tech, authorised users can keep track of the production status, service requirements and KPIs at all times, even on the move.

With the launch of its multiprotocol technology six years ago, Turck introduced a new “era of simplicity” in fieldbus technology: Under the maxim “One device – three protocols”, Turck's I/O modules have been able since then to operate in Profinet, Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP networks, reducing the number of devices that users have to keep in reserve. Turck's Backplane Ethernet Extension Protocol now allows another milestone to be reached. The new protocol...

Digital Transformation. The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Next Generation Industrial Control. Industry 4.0. Enough buzzwords for you? However, these buzzwords do not help in the implementation of Industry 4.0. In this article, Wind River addresses six important requirements to be considered in the modernization of industrial control systems.

BOGE is using Weidmüller's Industrial Analytics in its high-speed turbo compressors for oil-free compressed air production. This application is a practical example of the close collaboration between customers and users when it comes to digitalisation solutions.