August 2021 Guest Opinion: Location-Based Automation- Why a Digital Twin of Moving Things is the Missing Piece for Successful Industrial Automation

August 27, 2021 This article outlines why the promising concept of the digital twin has often fallen short of its goal of end-to-end automation and connectivity. It argues that to achieve a full digital transformation, companies need to equip their digital twins with precise location-based data of all moving assets on the shop floor and…

Are Regulations and Taxes Coming for Waste?

Could our waste soon be regulated? Will we have more ESG (environmental, social, and governance) policy in the future? Will we have government mandates and sustainable material regulations? A new report gives analysis of past regulatory practices and a newly developed predictive framework. Lux Research’s new report, Predicting Policy for Sustainable Materials, provides a framework…

Dell XPS 15 OLED (2021) review

Today’s best Dell XPS 15 Touch deals Dell XPS 15 w/ OLED specs Price: ~$2,400 (as reviewed)Display: 15.6-inch OLED touchscreen (3,456 x 2,160 pixels)CPU: Intel Core i7-11800HGPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 TiRAM: 16 GBStorage: 512 GB SSDPorts: 3 Thunderbolt 4/USB-C ports, headphone jack, microSD card readerSize: 13.57 x 9.06 x 0.71 inchesWeight: 4.2 pounds The…