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Building Automation Systems Market | 2021 - 26 | Industry Share, Size, Growth - Mordor ... - 0 views

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    "The Building Automation Systems Market was valued at USD 60.31 billion in 2020 and expected to reach USD 112.93 billion by 2026 and grow at a CAGR of 11.02% over the forecast period (2021-2026). Building automation systems, otherwise known as building automation and control systems (BACS), are automated systems that integrate and connect different facility technologies, including HVAC, lighting, surveillance, and security, among others, through information flow to a monitoring point."
jamesm9860

The Port of the Future - 1 views

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    Automation is seen as the big drive of change in sea ports of the future. With so many benefits being realized as a result of automation, it seems inevitable. Not only will we see automation but more connectivity of ports with other systems.
blakefrere

The Problem with Automation: Humans vs. Machines | Business Aviation News: Aviation Int... - 0 views

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    Mastering automation is a foundational skill required to safely operate any modern state-of-the-art aircraft. Under normal circumstances, automation reduces workload, creates efficiencies, and, to a fault, is highly dependable. On rare occasions, these highly reliable systems present pilots with an unexpected, obscure, or highly complex scenario that if mismanaged may quickly deteriorate and jeopardize the safety of flight. The article focuses on situations to where the human was unable to work with or override an autonomous system, resulting in lost of craft and life. This is a situation that will continue to rise in significance as we transition to more autonomy in our lives. We must understand the machines as we understand ourselves and others involved in our lives.
jamesm9860

Automate The Freight: Autonomous Ships Look For Their Niche | Hackaday - 0 views

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    Just as there is talk of automated self driving cars, the same is for cargo ships. Only the reality is that autonomy will start with smaller ships, whith shorter hauls.
nsetya44

Doft | When will automation take over the trucking industry? Scientists now have an est... - 0 views

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    Estimates from the American Trucking Association suggest there are 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the United States and the industry, as a whole, employs more than 8.7 million people. According to the Los Angeles Times, 1.7 million American truckers could be replaced by self-driving trucks over the next decade.
lizardelam

How are emerging technologies transforming financial services? | World Economic Forum - 0 views

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    1. Increased automation and embedded financial services simplify daily activities 2. Cross-industry partnerships flourish allowing customers' financial and non-financial services needs to be addressed simultaneously 3. Customers will not think about financial services
ingridfurtado

Implementation Of Real-Time Corrosion Monitoring With Industrial Process Control & ... - 0 views

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    "Corrosion is a dynamic process, more so than even most corrosion engineers realize. It typically has a number of influencing factors that can vary with time and process variables, and so cause corrosion events or upsets to occur. The reason for the lack of appreciation of this situation is that historically long time intervals associated with inspections and off-line measurements do not afford the opportunity to correlate corrosion excursions with operating and process parameters This paper illustrates the importance of implementing an appropriate and correspondingly dynamic means of corrosion appraisal to help manage industrial processes and related corrosion prevention treatments, and to minimize corrosion upsets and failures, and maximize the availability of the plant assets. Value statements are provided that show the potential savings associated with online, real-time corrosion monitoring."
blakefrere

Delta reveals first-ever dedicated TSA PreCheck® lobby, bag drop | Delta New... - 1 views

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    Travellers will use facial scanners to print and attach a bag tag from a self-serve kiosk and place their bag on the conveyer. They will also use facial scan to pass through the domestic checkpoint in dedicated TSA PreCheck lanes (no need to show a government ID or boarding pass) and at the gate another facial scan will produce a boarding pass. Automation of these services will result in fewer jobs as well as enhanced tracking and identification of passengers.
lizardelam

Science and Scientists Held in High Esteem Across Global Publics | Pew Research Center - 0 views

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    The Pew Research Center survey finds that publics offer mixed views about the use of robots to automate jobs. Across the 20 publics, a median of 48% say such automation has mostly been a good thing, while 42% say it has been a bad thing.
jamesm9860

Longshore labor: Government response to union pushback could shape future port automation - 0 views

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    Interesting article about the clash (and likely continued clash) amongst unions and port operators/authorities and the increased use of automation resulting in the need for fewer employees at the ports. Mentions concern for the government's stance on the introduction of new technology.
jamesm9860

Iran-linked hackers targeted maritime and defense contractors, compromised Office 365 a... - 0 views

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    Article talks about a possible Iranian hack of US maritime accounts. With so much reliance on ports, and an estimated increased reliance in the future, more attention needs to be brought to cyber security, especially as ports become more automated. How secure will the ports have to be? With continued reliance on trade, the security of the ports become a critical aspect of national security.
jamesm9860

Port of Virginia reports record year as it avoids problems that have clogged global sup... - 0 views

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    Summary of the year for the Port of Virginia. They did not see the severe backlogs noted by some of the west coast ports. It also mentions their investment into automation.
nsetya44

Automated Vehicles for Safety | NHTSA - 0 views

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    NHTSA demonstrates its dedication to saving lives on our nation's roads and highways through its proactive and inclusive approach to the safe development, testing, and deployment of new and advanced vehicle technologies that have enormous potential for improving safety and mobility for all Americans, NHTSA demonstrates its dedication to saving lives on our nation's roads and highways.
nsetya44

Automated trucking, a technical milestone that could disrupt hundreds of thousands of j... - 0 views

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    You know that universal sign we give truckers, hoping they'll sound their air horns? Well, you're gonna be hearing a lot less honking in the future. And with good reason. The absence of an actual driver in the cab. We may focus on the self-driving car, but autonomous trucking is not an if, it's a when. And the when is coming sooner than you might expect. As we first reported last year, companies have been quietly testing their prototypes on public roads
nsetya44

DISTRIBUTION YARDS - AN EARLY AUTONOMOUS TEST BED - 0 views

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    We all have a futuristic vision of lonely robot trucks running alone through a dark desert night in our heads. But, in reality, the first automated commercial vehicle you see "in the wild," will most likely be a truck or van running in a controlled area - possibly under some sort of remote human control or monitoring. For most of us, this probably will be some sort of airport or hotel shuttle bus, running a dedicated route on a dedicated timetable, performing a monotonous, but demanding, task over and over again.
nsetya44

Why Ford thinks human-centric design is the future - 2 views

https://thenextweb.com/news/why-ford-thinks-human-centric-design-is-future-usha-raghavachari

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lizardelam

An expert explores how robots will affect the future of work | World Economic Forum - 0 views

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    A new survey-based study explains how automation is reshaping the workplace in unexpected ways. Robots can improve efficiency and quality, reduce costs, and even help create more jobs for their human counterparts. But more robots can also reduce the need for managers. What if more robots = a better quality of life. We always seem to go negative. What if we could work less, not more?
blakefrere

The Futures of Congress: Scenarios for the US2050 Project - 0 views

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    This paper uses a scenario-based approach to understand how Congress might function in 2050. At present, Congress appears to be underperforming due to high levels of polarization, hyperpartisanship, and gridlock. Notwithstanding these challenges, Congress will need to address several big and complex issues over the next three decades, including the demographic transformation of the United States into a majority-minority nation, the looming fiscal challenges facing the federal government, widespread automation in the economy, climate change, more diffuse and dangerous patterns of global conflict, and the rapidly evolving media and communications technology environment.
jamesm9860

Virginia Port to Evaluate Autonomous Trucks - Fleet Management - Trucking Info - 0 views

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    Short article on the Port of Virginia testing autonomous trucks. Containers received at the port are either hauled away by trucks or rail. Integrating autonomous trucks into the system could result in improved efficiencies in delivering and receiving containers. Actual implementation is likely a few years out, but automation coupled with less reliance on human intervention will be changing the way operations look in the future.
jamesm9860

Opinion | What the Supply Chain Crisis Reveals About American Infrastructure - POLITICO - 0 views

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    The article addresses some of the problems the supply chain infrastructure is facing today. It brings up some interesting points: US ports lag far behind ports around the world in their efficiency of loading and unloading cargo. The labor unions that control the ports are extremely reluctant to automation that might improve efficiencies and speed up processes.
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