I received the following email from Lee Swindler, whose presentation at the Honeywell User Group Americas conference we profiled, both on this blog and in the "electronic show daily" we produced. Lee's email is reproduced in its entirety: -----Original Message----- From: Swindler, Lee R. [mailto:Lee.Swindler@Equistarchem.com] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:43 AM To: … [Read more...] about While I was off in HART land…
Walt Boyes' Blog
Your Humble Editor Issues a Challenge!
At the end of my keynote presentation today at the HART Communication Foundation's Member Meeting, I issued the following challenge. "I want to challenge you, vendors and end-users alike," I said, "to make sure that it doesn't take five years to come up with working wireless standards. I challenge the HART Wireless Working Group to have a published specification by the end of … [Read more...] about Your Humble Editor Issues a Challenge!
Oops!
From a Reuters story: A worker accidentally tripping a shut-off switch at a major Ontario plastics plant will cost Nova Chemicals Corp. $11 million in lost profit, the company said on Wednesday, because it won't be able to fulfill some contracts because of the blunder. A contractor's employee installing a structural steel platform at an ethylene plant in Corunna, Ontario, … [Read more...] about Oops!
Geek Pride Day–"Cars, Trucks and Brains"
Today is the birthday of Alan Turing, the father of Information Science, whose "Turing Test" is one of the seminal artificial intelligence tests. It is fitting, then to be attending Geek Pride Day at Dick Morley's Barn. Morley runs a daylong ideafest on the week of the longest day of the year every year (last year's event was unfortunately cancelled due to Dick's second knee … [Read more...] about Geek Pride Day–"Cars, Trucks and Brains"
Rockwell divests…more business for the Directory of Lost Companies
Rockwell Automation to Commence Sale Process For Mechanical And Motor Business MILWAUKEE (June 20, 2006) – Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) today announced its plan to sell the company’s Dodge® mechanical and Reliance Electric™ motors and motor repair services businesses. These are leading producers of mechanical power transmission products and industrial motors, and are … [Read more...] about Rockwell divests…more business for the Directory of Lost Companies
