Women make up less than 25 percent of STEM careers
Dr Steve Mackay8 July, 2016
The Economics and Statistics Administration within the United States' Department of Commerce have sent out their report titled Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation. The report alludes to what multiple reports in the first six months of 2016 have alluded to -- there are not enough women in...Read More
Automation leads to more jobs, automation experts say
Dr Steve Mackay8 July, 2016
The Association for Advancing Automation has released a white paper that deals with how robotics is fueling the next wave of productivity and job growth in the United States. Some industries are experiencing the robot revolution first hand, where industrial robots are starting to take jobs away from humans. Automation...Read More
Engineers speak out against the hard hat
Dr Steve Mackay8 July, 2016
The safety helmet seems to be the worldwide symbol for engineers. If you go to Google Images and type the word 'engineers', almost every single image that comes back is of people with hard hats on. To an average joe, engineers wear hard hats in their occupations. However, a new...Read More
Engineers speak out against the hard hat
Dr Steve Mackay8 July, 2016
The safety helmet seems to be the worldwide symbol for engineers. If you go to Google Images and type the word 'engineers', almost every single image that comes back is of people with hard hats on. To an average joe, engineers wear hard hats in their occupations. However, a new...Read More
Experts warn companies to get with the ICS cybersecurity program
Dr Steve Mackay8 July, 2016
Industrial control system cybersecurity continues to be an elusive concept to companies who have not made advancements in securing company assets that are connected to the internet. The guys at Automation World have you covered, though. They have compiled a very simple 3 principle approach to protecting your industrial operations that...Read More
Experts warn companies to get with the ICS cybersecurity program
Dr Steve Mackay8 July, 2016
Industrial control system cybersecurity continues to be an elusive concept to companies who have not made advancements in securing company assets that are connected to the internet. The guys at Automation World have you covered, though. They have compiled a very simple 3 principle approach to protecting your industrial operations that...Read More
Australia makes surprise recovery in construction industries
Dr Steve Mackay8 July, 2016
Australia's construction market is doing quite well. In the Performance of Construction Index, Australia rose by 6.5 points in June, giving them an average score of 53.2. Their score in May was 46.7. A healthy score is above 50.0 which separates the line of expansion versus contraction. Therefore, Australia's construction is looking...Read More
Global Smart Energy 2016 to 2020: Itron announces the Active Grid
Dr Steve Mackay7 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: Itron announces the Active Grid
Dr Steve Mackay7 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
Industrial business and workforce benefit from wearable technology
Dr Steve Mackay7 July, 2016
A wearable. A word that has a very simple definition. It is an item/s that can be worn. When we think about wearables, we think about the current applications available in the media; smart-watches, head-mounted VR gear etc. However, wearable technology has become valuable to engineering industries. Wearables for industrial...Read More