The recent fatal accident involving a Tesla car while self-driving using the car’s Autopilot feature has raised questions about whether this technology is ready for consumer use.
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Easing the strain of virtualised IT
Virtualisation is an innovative technology that has changed the way businesses work with IT. The virtualising of servers, networks, and storage is now highly commoditised, and businesses of all sizes have adopted it.
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Sensors streamlining the steel production process
The steel industry has managed to implement a number of technical innovations that have helped plants to reduce the cost of the production and improve the quality of its products, while still managing to increase process flexibility.
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Air production lifecycle efficiency
What was once simply a dream is now becoming reality: new products and services in the compressed air production sector are bringing Industry 4.0 to life.
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Crane maintenance goes hi-tech with real time monitoring
One of the biggest advances in crane safety and cost-efficient management over the past decade has been the advent of lifecycle care in real time.
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Xenophon and Katter’s concerns over Ausgrid sale ring hollow
Another political scare campaign has started. It’s not about negative gearing or Medicare. This time it’s the sale of the New South Wales electricity distribution network, Ausgrid.
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Engineering Jihad: Is there a link between terrorism and engineers?
One would have thought that these days, terrorism has become so ingrained in our daily news and across the geo-political discourse that nothing could surprise us by this so-called modern phenomenon.
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How to keep more women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
There have been myriad promises made by the major political parties over the years focused on funding programs aimed at increasing the number of women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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The new world of connected-car apps
STMicroelectronics has announced its collaboration with ETAS, a provider of innovative solutions for developing automotive embedded systems, and ESCRYPT, an ETAS subsidiary focused on security for embedded software, to deliver a complete platform comprising microcontrollers, software tools, and security solutions that accelerates development of new automotive control units for the connected-car age.
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IoT and security: Hype, hysteria or cause for concern?
Any new technology is bound to have its share of challenges and barriers — for example the initial security concerns around cloud computing — and the Internet of Things (IoT) is no different.
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