Walt Boyes' Blog

I am, unfortunately, taking a few more days off. I have a large lump in my tongue, which is being removed tomorrow morning. We all hope that it will prove to be nothing, and your humble editor will continue to function normally, with the exception of a few days enforced silence. That's right, Walt Boyes will shut up for a few days--- tell the newspapers! In the meantime, I am … [Read more...] about A few more days off…

  ... continue recovering from whatever bug I picked up in friendly Canada...back on Monday. Walt   … [Read more...] about I'm taking a few days off…

Sorry it took so long to correct this...I have been out of the office and out of touch today...teaching a day-long class for Will-DuPage Section of ISA on level measurement. Rob Conant is co-founder and vice president of marketing. Joy Weiss is the CEO. My apologies for the inaccuracy. Walt … [Read more...] about Conant is NOT the CEO of Dust…

"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…

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…