Gary Mintchell and I have been invited as the "token North Americans" to the European rollout of Emerson's wireless product line that they rolled out in the US last year at Emerson Exchange. The press conference takes place at the Guglielmo Marconi Museum ('inventor of "wireless"'-- get it?) in Bologna, Italy. So I will be flying tomorrow, and will likely not blog until I get … [Read more...] about Off to Italy…
Walt Boyes' Blog
from the department of "Friday Afternoon funnies…"
If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?" --Steven Wright, comedian, actor … [Read more...] about from the department of "Friday Afternoon funnies…"
The Process Automation Hall of Fame 2007 Inductees
The 2007 class of inductees to the Process Automation Hall of Fame are: *James H. Christensen* for his efforts in leading the development of the IEC61131-3 standard. This standard had a significant impact on the design of control equipment used in the process industry. More information on Jim can be found at http://www.holobloc.com/stds/iec/sc65bwg7tf3/html/jhc/jhc.htm *Dr. … [Read more...] about The Process Automation Hall of Fame 2007 Inductees
from the "information overload" department…
Another good "Thought for the Day" from the EMC-Squared calendar: "From the days of Sumerian clay tablets till now, humans have 'published' at least 32 million books; 750 million artilces and essays; 25 million songs; 500 million images; 500,000 movies; 3 million videos, TV shows and short films; and 100 billion public web pages." --Kevin Kelly "Scan this Book!" The New York … [Read more...] about from the "information overload" department…
from the department of "the patent trolls strike again…"
From Jeremy Pollard, the Crazy Canuckian comes this interesting tidbit: The intellectual property arm of the Washington state universities has sued Nokia, Samsung, and others for making bluetooth enabled products. This, even though the first bluetooth devices were made and sold in 1998, and the standard was adopted in 1998, and the patent wasn't even applied for until 2003. The … [Read more...] about from the department of "the patent trolls strike again…"
