Energy storage market continues to grow
Dr Steve Mackay12 July, 2016
Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) is a company that integrates clean renewable energy into buildings through supplying energy storage units. Their solutions ensure that businesses use less utility grid energy. The company operates out of San Francisco, California. They are teaming up with Macquarie Group, an investment banking, and diversified financial...Read More
Engineers make 20% more than graduate peers
Dr Steve Mackay12 July, 2016
The Hay Group division of Korn Ferry, a recruitment firm dedicated to supplying people and organizations with work advice, has conducted research into how much more engineers make than their peers. The study looked at 42,500 graduate engineers and students in 770 different organizations in the United Kingdom. The study...Read More
Robotic glove technology ready for the industrial world
Dr Steve Mackay12 July, 2016
Industrial workers have to operate some heavy machinery and carry some heavy equipment. Now, a new glove that makes it easier to do those things is here. Engineers from General Motors have shown off a new innovation they have been working on for quite some time. A robotic glove turned...Read More
IIoT-connected PLCs go online
Dr Steve Mackay12 July, 2016
Research group Gartner tell us that 6.4 billion devices are soon to be connected to the Internet of Things this year. That will be 30 percent more than 2015. This would mean that 5 million devices will be connected to the internet every single day. In 2020, the number is...Read More
Australian STEM school upgrades
Dr Steve Mackay12 July, 2016
South Australia is getting the push the rest of the world is in desperate need of. 25 primary schools will be the first to get a host of new upgraded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics equipment in November. The hope is that the new equipment will inspire children to continue to...Read More
A thirty-two billion dollar market: SCADA systems
Dr Steve Mackay12 July, 2016
Transparency Market Research has issued a new report on the global supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems market. They have been tracking the market since 2014 and will continue to do so until 2020. The report is titled 'Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size,...Read More
Poor workmanship or wind? A structural engineering case study in South Africa
Dr Steve Mackay11 July, 2016
Structural engineers work in the field of analyzing structures. They are the hunter-gatherers of finding forces, stresses and deflections that all work towards building a strong structure. They also study the design of structures. They will know which materials work best and how they need to be positioned to ensure that...Read More
Global Smart Energy 2016 to 2020: Landis + Gyr’s advanced metering encourages smart management
Dr Steve Mackay11 July, 2016
The global smart energy market will see seven vendors rising up above the rest, to capitalize on the new era of clean energy production with an added layer of digitization as the Industrial Internet of Things. The seven leading vendors were determined by a study done by Technavio, which considered...Read More
Global Smart Energy 2016 to 2020: Landis + Gyr’s advanced metering encourages smart management
Dr Steve Mackay11 July, 2016
The global smart energy market will see seven vendors rising up above the rest, to capitalize on the new era of clean energy production with an added layer of digitization as the Industrial Internet of Things. The seven leading vendors were determined by a study done by Technavio, which considered...Read More
Food automation saves beloved American treats
Dr Steve Mackay11 July, 2016
The Twinkie is America's snack. Or, at least it used to be. If anything, it is a wonderfully engineered bit of a pastry for people who desire a cake with a bit of stuffing - or is that icing? Regardless, the company who make Twinkies, Hostess, almost went bankrupt twice....Read More