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Robot Labor Costs Now Cheaper than Chinese Workers
Labor costs in China have risen steadily over the last
several decades. With the rise in international labor costs, the decreased
interest of American workers in performing repetitive tasks, and a surge in
affordable automation choices, robots are poised to take over jobs
traditionally outsourced to international facilities.In the 1960s, robots were preferred to do dangerous jobs and
smaller robots became popular later for assembling parts and material handling.
The introduction of collabo
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Jul 19th 2017
TechCrunch Hosts MIT Robotics Conference
In Boston today, TechCrunch is hosting its “The Minds Behind
the Machines” robotics meeting to foster comprehensive discussion and
networking with the entire robotics community from researchers to technologists to
students. The conference offers robot demonstrations as well as a variety of topics
like Human-Robot Interaction, Hardware Setup Challenges, and Machine Learning
and Artificial Intelligence.
The conference was broken out from TechCrunch’s larger Disrupt events due to it being
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Jul 17th 2017
The Total Package
The first book I ever read about package design was The Total Package: The Evolution and Secret Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans and Tubes, by Thomas Hine, a Philadelphia-based author, as it turns out.
In his fascinating book, Hine describes the progression of packaging
from utilitarian to manipulative. He cites products that are instantly
recognizable by their labels even when the image is contorted and words are no
longer visible. (Can you identify the product in the scramble
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Jul 14th 2017
The ROI of IoT: Building a Business Case for an IoT Initiative
Virtually every company is looking at how the Internet of Things (IoT) can transform their business, and one of the first questions they’re asking is, “How do I quantify the ROI?”
In this webinar, join IoT experts Carrie MacGillivary of IDC and Theresa Bui Revon of Jasper as they share:
* The deployment models companies are choosing for IoT
* Where companies in different industries are seeing value
* What operational expenses most affect ROI
We'll also share real-life case
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Jul 12th 2017
SMC Exhibits at SEMICON West 2017, July 11 - 13 in San Francisco
SEMICON West is the premier annual event for the global microelectronics industry, highlighting the latest innovations, products, processes, and services for the design and manufacture of today’s most sophisticated electronics.
SMC Corporation of America will exhibit process and automation components for both wet and dry processes, temperature control and transfer equipment to advance automated control technology for wafer fabrication.
Products on display are:
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Jul 10th 2017