Search Results for: artificial intelligence

How a fennel bulb helped engineers innovate product design

January 8, 2018

Generative design leverages algorithms from existing design knowledge with autonomous computing, which evaluates all possible permutations of a design given a set of constraints.
It allows design…

By TParrella
3 MIN READ

Top Thought Leadership topics of 2017

December 19, 2017

I’d like to take a moment to reflect on how much the Thought Leadership blog has grown since last year’s launch and to extend my thanks to you, our readers. Your continued support has helped the blog…

By ToniB
5 MIN READ

Open your shop’s doors to new markets with adaptive systems

December 4, 2017

Machine shop owners hate waste. They are hawks on machine downtime, bristle at the time lag during functional hand-offs and go ballistic when mistakes threaten delivery delays. Yet too many machine s…

By Sashko Kurciski
4 MIN READ

Manufacturers: get ready for the algorithms

November 6, 2017

The latest biological research suggests that all animal life on Earth is best described as meat-based algorithms. From the fruit fly to the killer whale, animal behavior is the result of survival log…

By alastairorchard
7 MIN READ

The benefits of becoming a digital machine shop

November 1, 2017

Information already drives the machine tool industry to a certain extent, but in today’s digitalized world, managing and sharing knowledge is fast becoming a critical competitive advantage.
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By Sashko Kurciski
4 MIN READ

Are machine shops at risk of becoming the next Blackberry?

October 23, 2017

Blackberry. Blockbuster. Kodak. Business history is rife with companies that once led their respective industries, but that have fallen behind or ceased to exist.

The common thread in thei…

By Sashko Kurciski
4 MIN READ

Additive manufacturing technology transforms product development

October 2, 2017

Imagine you head the aircraft intermediate maintenance department and are responsible for the readiness of jet fighter planes on a United States Navy aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. Your ship’s…

By Indrakanti Chakravarthy
12 MIN READ

FAQs about the value of the digital twin

February 6, 2017

By: Zvi Feuer and Zvika Weissman 
The digital twin makes it possible for you to introduce new products to the market faster than ever before, and companies are taking notice. It provides compa…

By Zvi Feuer
4 MIN READ

The value of the digital twin

January 16, 2017

By: Zvi Feuer and Zvika Weissman 
Why is Siemens talking about the digital twin, and what can the value of the digital twin bring to industrial companies?

There can be many definiti…

By Zvi Feuer
7 MIN READ