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How Europe can say goodbye to gas and lead the way in renewable energy

How Europe can say goodbye to gas and lead the way in renewable energy

As the war continues in Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced contingency plans for the European Union (EU) to “get rid of the dependency on Russian gas and go deep into the renewables.” Here, Matthew Hawkridge, Chief Technology Officer at Ovarro, explains why remote telemetry units (RTUs) and advanced software can help diversify the EU’s energy sources and suppliers.

Design for reliability reduces life cycle costs of industrial edge devices

Design for reliability reduces life cycle costs of industrial edge devices

When sourcing industrial edge devices, cost is usually one of the most significant selection criteria. However, for those involved in the procurement process, it is important to look at costs holistically, including not only the unit purchase price, but also integration and deployment costs, and product support and maintenance costs over its life cycle.

Chew’ll never believe it! Robochef judges if your food is bland or bursting with flavour

Chew’ll never believe it! Robochef judges if your food is bland or bursting with flavour

Using a ‘taste as you go’ technique, University of Cambridge researchers have trained a robot chef to produce taste maps of dishes to determine whether they are sufficiently seasoned.

Borehole drilling at 900kW ground-source heat pump installation

Borehole drilling at 900kW ground-source heat pump installation

As part of its Zero-Carbon Schools initiative, managing contractor ReEnergise is transforming the carbon footprint of St George’s College in Weybridge, Surrey, installing four Viessmann heat pumps.

Machinery cybersecurity: Optimising resilience

Machinery cybersecurity: Optimising resilience

As cyber-physical systems are deployed, new vulnerabilities may emerge and a cyberattack can put an entire industrial facility at risk. Vulnerabilities include a lack of knowledge about how to apply IT security protection to machinery that has not traditionally required it, as well as systems running legacy communication networks with which today’s cybersecurity software is incompatible.

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