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CADDi Joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage to Drive Data-Driven Innovation in Manufacturing

January 30, 2025 Collaboration empowers manufacturers to streamline document management, enhance collaboration, and unlock greater operational efficiencies CADDi, a leading AI data platform for manufacturers, recently announced that it has joined Google Cloud Partner Advantage as a Partner Level partner for Google Cloud in the Build Engagement Model, enabling manufacturers to streamline operations and unlock…

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GameChangers: The Revolution in Device Connectivity

January 29, 2025 GameChangers for device connectivity Phoenix Contact presents the GameChangers for device connectivity: With progressive ideas, technologies, and materials, they offer solutions for improving speed, compactness, weight, robustness, flexibility, and performance in device manufacturing. Innovative connectors such as the double-wire connectors for Single Pair Ethernet impress not only with their transmission speed, but also…

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Xanadu Introduces Aurora: World’s First Scalable, Networked and Modular Quantum Computer

January 28, 2025 Xanadu has achieved what they say is a world-first in the quantum computing industry by successfully building a universal photonic quantum computer consisting of four modular and independent server racks that are photonically interconnected and networked together. This 12 qubit machine, known as Aurora, consists of 35 photonic chips and a combined 13…

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Lighting Up the Quantum Computing Horizon with Aurora

January 28, 2025 A peek inside Xanadu’s latest and greatest photonic quantum computer—Aurora. By Zachary Vernon The Xanadu team has recently announced the successful completion of Aurora, their latest photonic quantum computer. This machine follows in a line of successively more sophisticated earlier systems demonstrations, including X8 and Borealis. Both of those were ground-breaking in their own right: X8 brought…

Lighting Up the Quantum Computing Horizon with Aurora
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Introducing Aurora: First Modular, Scalable and Networked Quantum Computer

January 28, 2025 Introducing Aurora: Introducing Xanadu’s new quantum computer called Aurora! This is the first time a quantum computer has been built that is modular, networked and truly scalable. Aurora is peer reviewed in Nature: It is the very first time anyone has combined all the subsystems necessary to implement universal and fault-tolerant quantum…

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Guide to Mechatronics – Part 7: Challenges and Problem-Solving in Mechatronics

January 27, 2025 The field of mechatronics, while innovative and dynamic, comes with its own technical and integration challenges. These challenges often stem from the interdisciplinary nature of mechatronic systems and the complexity of blending mechanical, electronic, and computational elements into a cohesive unit. Technical Challenges Integration Challenges Problem-Solving Approaches Addressing these challenges requires a…

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NearFi Transmission Technology from Phoenix Contact

January 27, 2025 NearFi is the contactless real-time transmission technology from Phoenix Contact. With protocol-independent Ethernet communication, it offers flexible application options for any Ethernet protocol. NearFi couplers enable power (up to 100 W) and real-time Ethernet data (100 Mbps, full duplex) to be transmitted across an air gap of a few centimeters. This allows you to use…

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Textile Expert TSG Increases Productivity With the Help of ABB’s High-Performance Web Tension Load Cell Technology

January 24, 2025 The complex nature of textile manufacturing, encompassing spinning, weaving, finishing, and dyeing processes, demands sophisticated technological solutions to meet both production and quality requirements. Italy’s Tintoria Stamperia Gorlese (TSG) has increased productivity and reduced installation and tuning time by up to 50% by upgrading its machinery with advanced web tension load cells. …

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Siemens Unveils Breakthrough Innovations in Industrial AI and Digital Twin Technology at CES 2025

January 24, 2025 Siemens is showcasing its vision for the future where data, AI and software-defined automation will converge to enable unprecedented flexibility, optimization and continuous improvement across the world’s industries, for companies of any size. This ambition is at the heart of Siemens’ presence at CES 2025, the world’s most influential tech event. Siemens…

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Uniform Connector System for PROFINET Over SPE

January 22, 2025 PROFIBUS & Profinet International (PI) and its technologies are synonymous with a multitude of innovations and cross-manufacturer interoperability. When it comes to connectivity, this starts with connectors and cables. This is currently already possible with two- and four-pair Ethernet cabling. And now Single Pair Ethernet (SPE), a connector for industrial automation, is…

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Compact Industrial Panel PCs from Phoenix Contact

January 22, 2025 Phoenix Contact is extending its portfolio for HMI and industrial computers. The compact panel PCs in the VL3 PPCS product family bridge the gap between the TP 6000 and WP 6000 HMI devices and the industrial computers in the VL3 box and panel PC series. The new devices look the same at the front and have…

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CSA Awards QEYnet Space Technology Demonstration Mission

January 22, 2025 You can’t be in the business of Satellite Quantum Communications without going to space…. QEYnet is beyond thrilled to finally share that, thanks to the continuing support of the Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne, they will soon carry out an orbital demonstration of their space-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology….

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Developing Space Technology to Safeguard Canadian Data Against Cyberattacks

January 22, 2025 Developing Space Technology to Safeguard Canadian Data Against Cyberattacks In the era of online banking, smart phones, and cloud networks that store large amounts of personal information, reliable data encryption is essential. To advance the development of technology that could guarantee the privacy of Canada’s public, private, and commercial data, the Canadian…

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Optimizing Liquid Cooling in Data Centers: Gems Sensors’ Role in Coolant Distribution Units (CDU)

January 22, 2025 As data centers continue to evolve to meet the demands of high-density computing workloads, liquid cooling has emerged as a game-changing technology. Offering improved thermal efficiency, reduced energy consumption, and the ability to handle increasing heat loads, liquid cooling systems are becoming indispensable for next-generation data centers. At the heart of many…

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Government of Canada Supports Xanadu to Accelerate Quantum Computing Research and Education

January 21, 2025 Xanadu receives $3.75M CAD through the Regional Quantum Initiative to accelerate the development of quantum software for practical applications Xanadu (xanadu.ai), a world leader in photonic quantum computing, received a repayable contribution from the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), to help companies advance…

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MDA Doubles Satellite Manufacturing Capacity as It Ramps Up MDA AURORA™ Production to Meet Growing Global Demand

January 21, 2025 Creates world’s largest high-volume manufacturing facility in its satellite class and adds 600 new high-skill technology jobs in Quebec MDA, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has announced that construction is underway on a 185,000 square foot expansion at its satellite production facility in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec. Once…