"Something happenin' here...what it is ain't exactly clear..." For the second time in a week, I've interviewed a major wireless CEO and they've both said much the same things. Here's what I asked Rob Conant, CEO of Dust Networks: WB>It is now an open secret that after some significant flirtation with Millennial Net, Emerson has decided on Dust for the radios for its new … [Read more...] about Dust Network CEO Rob Conant also gets it…
Enter the world of the small…
Viscosity measurement has been interesting, complex, wonderful, and has almost always included a manual component for all the years I've been in automation...but now we are beginning to see some fallout from the research into small sensor systems that the government has been quietly funding for the past twenty years. So, here's something new...a tiny solid state viscosity … [Read more...] about Enter the world of the small…
Worth staying late…
Dan Hebert, CONTROL Senior Technical Editor, and I had a very late afternoon meeting with Gary Ambrosino, the new (since January) CEO of Sensicast Systems Inc., a major contender in the industrial wireless radio space. It was worth staying late for, and I think Gary would agree. "It's not the technology," Ambrosino said, "it's the applications...what you can do with the … [Read more...] about Worth staying late…
Convergence Marches ON!
A long awaited and welcome announcement from ISA: Manufacturing Interoperability Guideline Working Group - A Collaborative Venture of ISA, MIMOSA, OAGi, OPC, and WBF Research Triangle Park, NC (23 March 2006) - The creation of the Manufacturing Interoperability Guideline Working Group, a collaborative venture of ISA, MIMOSA, OAGi, OPC, and WBF, was announced today. … [Read more...] about Convergence Marches ON!
…and you wanted to hear about National Manufacturing Week…
...or as I heard it called at the show yesterday, "National Manufacturing Two and a Half Days" or "Greater Chicagoland Manufacturing Week." Bottom line, moving it to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemount from the McCormick Place of its heyday didn't do a lot to help National Manufacturing Week. By 2 pm, the aisles were noticeably empty. I don't have a count on … [Read more...] about …and you wanted to hear about National Manufacturing Week…
