Author: Connected World

Quality is perhaps one of the top tenants for many manufacturing companies. Now, new technologies are enabling manufacturers to deliver higher quality products to their customers. As one example, FineLine Technologies announced it has been granted a new patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent No. 11,453,186 focuses on mold management, a critical process for the tire and rubber manufacturing industry. The solution uses embedded RFID (radio frequency identification) tags of critical mold components for automatic checks of the container, segments, and sidewall plates assigned hierarchal relations, checking the sequence of segments within the container, and…

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Technology for technology’s sake isn’t the best strategy for enterprise, and that’s always been the case. Technology for improved efficiency, improved quality, improved customer service, an improved bottomline, a reduced carbon footprint, a reduced time to market, and/or a reduced time to ROI (return on investment), however, is a good strategy. AI (artificial intelligence) holds incredible promise for transforming the future of work and the future of industries. However, it can be used recklessly. A new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges the industry to create a regulatory framework to steer the growth and use of responsible, ethical…

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In the future, cities will be smarter than they are today—and they will be more connected. With the rise of 5G, the cloud, AI (artificial intelligence), AR (augmented reality), VR (virtual reality), robotics, and IoT (Internet of Things) services, anything is possible, and we are beginning to see that come to fruition in cities. As one example, National Landing is located at the center of the D.C. region and is made up of three neighborhoods: Crystal City, Pentagon City, and Potomac Yard. National Landing is home to the Pentagon, Boeing’s global headquarters, Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus, and Amazon’s second global…

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