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Shedding light on sustainable product design with AI

April 10, 2026

Designing a successful sustainable product these days is frequently a careful balancing act, navigating trade-offs between environmental impact and other…

By Quinn Foster
3 MIN READ

Humanoids: a new step in automation evolution -podcast transcript

April 10, 2026

Dale Tutt: Welcome to the Industry Forward Podcast, the show where we examine industry and technology trends with the help of…

By Bianca Ward
9 MIN READ
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How to make data the new oil with AI

April 2, 2026

Make “data the new oil” can be a dangerous analogy for CEOs championing AI efforts. But one important step turns this hallucination into reality.

By Shawn Wasserman
4 MIN READ
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Designing in the dark: How AI brings clarity to sustainable product development – Transcript

April 1, 2026

In this episode of The Industry Forward Podcast, Eryn Devola and Neil D’Souza explore how AI and digital technology can…

By Quinn Foster
9 MIN READ

Humanoids: a new step in automation evolution

March 27, 2026

Once limited to eye‑catching technology demonstrations, humanoids are now approaching production readiness, driven by meaningful advances in battery technology, artificial intelligence, sensors and computing power.

By Bianca Ward
3 MIN READ

The major shift toward humanoids podcast transcript

March 25, 2026

Humanoid robots are transforming from technology showcases to practical, scalable solutions for real-world factories. And nowhere is this shift more meaningful than in brownfield environments, the legacy factories that make up the vast majority of global manufacturing.

By Bianca Ward
9 MIN READ

Ontologies: How to make sense of the data explosions in process industries – Transcript

March 25, 2026

Digitalization is burying the process industry under a mountain of data. Industry leaders must learn how ontologies make sense of it and transform it into revenue.

By Shawn Wasserman
10 MIN READ
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How digitalization turns circularity from the abstract into reality

March 24, 2026

As industries are confronted with the limits of the take-make-waste model, circularity is emerging as a defining strategy for the…

By Eryn Devola
3 MIN READ
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The potential of AI in automotive simulation

March 20, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance in development and capability, industries of all kinds are looking for ways to…

By Quinn Foster
3 MIN READ