Author: Connected World

It seems lately asthma is on the rise—a topic we have discussed over on Project Sustainability Podcast many times. In fact, research suggests roughly 25 million people in the United States currently have asthma—and more than 34 million Americans live with a chronic lung disease. Enter a new Respiratory Module implemented by Desert Oasis Healthcare, a regional medical group. It is designed to give providers a more complete view of the patient in order to guide treatment decisions for those with respiratory diseases such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or asthma. Data from Teva Pharmaceuticals Digihaler family of digital…

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As a participant in Specialty Publishing Media’s Living Lab, PowerShades is proud to help spread the word about sustainability, eco-consciousness, and the preservation of resources. Our contribution to the project consists of motorized shades for the windows in this unique home. These shades are not only smart, as they can be controlled by any home automation system or the included remote, they were also developed around PoE (Power over Ethernet) technology. These shades require only five watts of power delivered through a standard CAT 5 or CAT 6 cable. Of course, the main energy savings is found in the regular…

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Frontline Location: The Material Handling Institute’s ProMat 2023 Trade Show at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center Time of Engagement: March 20-24, 2023 By way of introduction, I am a “presales” consultant who assesses existing processes in warehouses and distribution centers throughout North America. My task is to determine the “best fit solution” for my sales executives to propose technologies that significantly improve the twin “holy grails” of process productivity and accuracy, using my company’s technologies. These technologies can be combined into “multimodal” solutions, which can be some combination of voice, scanning, vision, and robotics modalities appropriate to the specific warehouse…

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A technologically strong and resilient manufacturing sector is critical for national security and defense. Having a strong manufacturing base is essential to the national security of the U.S. Without the domestic capability to produce goods, especially in strategic sectors such as defense, the nation wouldn’t be able to defend itself to the same degree it could if it had a strong and self-sufficient manufacturing industry. Other strategic industries, such as critical infrastructure and advanced technologies, similarly rely on a strong domestic manufacturing base, because it gives them more economic stability and security. Dean Schneider, interim director of the SecureAmerica Institute…

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