What is Open Platform Communications (OPC)?
Open Platform Communications (OPC) is an interoperability standard for secure data exchange in industrial automation and other areas. It is designed to be platform-independent so devices from different vendors can exchange information. The original standard was limited to Microsoft technologies, so its application was restricted to Windows systems, but the standard is now more platform-independent, […]
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10 Steps to Successfully Launch a Predictive Maintenance Pilot
Predictive maintenance entails using data from instrumented machinery to identify when servicing or overhaul is needed. In principle, this reduces maintenance work and expense while improving equipment availability. In practice though, implementation often faces resistance. Running a predictive maintenance pilot program is a way of gathering data to win over naysayers and demonstrate a return on the […]
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Visual Studio Code 1.93 shines on profiles
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.93, its August 2024 update of the popular code editor, featuring a profiles editor that allows users to switch and manage profiles from a single place. Introduced September 5, Visual Studio Code 1.93 can be downloaded for Windows, Mac, or Linux from the project website. The new Profiles editor, […]
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Iveda Files Patent for Industry-First Liquid Storage Management IoT Sensor
Iveda (NASDAQ: IVDA), the global solution for cloud-based AI, announced a new patent pending for LevelNOW, its next generation tracking and monitoring solution for efficiently monitoring liquid storage and management. In industries like oil and gas, where billions of dollars are invested annually in liquid storage infrastructure, LevelNOW offers real-time monitoring and control, helping companies […]
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What is HTTP/3? The next-generation web protocol
So, encryption will be moved into the transport layer and out of the app layer. This means more security by default—even the headers in HTTP/3 are encrypted—but there is a corresponding cost in CPU load. Overall, the idea is that communication will be faster due to improvements in how encryption is negotiated, and it will […]
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IoT and Employee Empowerment: How Connected Devices are Redefining Work
Employee empowerment is essential when implementing IoT devices into the workforce. But it can be easier said than done. Picture yourself walking through a large retail chain store at the height of the holiday season. As you navigate the aisles, dozens of employees are hard at work—restocking inventory, helping other customers find what they need, […]
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Microsoft .NET Aspire boosts integrations, testing
.NET Aspire 8.2, a new version of Microsoft’s cloud stack for building distributed applications, has arrived. The latest version features improvements for onboarding and testing. Developers can download the release, announced August 29, from learn.microsoft.com. With this release, .NET Aspire components now are called Integrations. These are packages to be added to an app that […]
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Adopting SGP.32: What Enterprises Need to Know
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow and evolve, managing connectivity for constrained IoT devices has become increasingly complex. The latest advancement in this area, the SGP.32 standard for Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP), offers a more streamlined and user-friendly approach. This new standard is set to replace the older SGP.02 standard, but transitioning […]
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Humble UI offers a Clojure-based desktop UI framework
The Clojure-based Humble UI is being developed as a framework for building high-quality desktop UIs. Humble UI’s GitHub page says the framework lets developers build better apps quickly while staying cross-platform. Humble’s principal developer, Nikita Prokopov, said work on Humble UI began in 2020. There is no set date for its completion, and it could […]
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I switched to a vertical mouse and I’m never looking back. Here’s why.
Over the next decade or so, I used the Evoluent mouse nonstop, to the point where its buttons started to malfunction and the whole unit started looking grubby. By that point, around 2022, vertical mice were more common, and so I replaced the once-costly Evoluent (around $100) with a relatively inexpensive model from a company […]
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