Mouser busts myths on future of home and factory automation
22 July 2015
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Mouser Electronics is teaming up with celebrity engineer and MythBusters alumnus Grant Imahara, and a group of visionaries in the home and factory automation industry including Insteon, AiroCorp, TE Connectivity and Factory Automation Systems, to highlight new technologies in home and factory automation.
Part of the Empowering Innovation Together programme, the new Home and Factory Automation Series is accessible via www.mouser.com/empowering-innovation. It focuses on innovative automation technologies that were once only seen in science fiction movies or TV shows, and showcases some of the companies that are making these technologies a reality. This series is the third instalment and follow-up to the popular Robotics and Space series programmes launched earlier this year.
Filmed on location inside the Insteon smart home, known as Insteon’s engineering lab, engineers can learn about the newest technologies connecting the human experience with devices to make everyday life more efficient and productive. For example, they can discover how new factory automation is being embedded across factory floors to provide better efficiencies with real-time data leading to an optimisation of the global supply chain.
“With new devices coming out like the Apple Watch and the Nest Learning Thermostat, this connected technology and Home and Factory Automation Series couldn’t be timelier,” said Imahara. “Our society has such a huge dependence on smartphones, tablets, computers and similar technologies to make their lives easier, that this move to the connected home and factory makes perfect sense.”
These topics will be covered through articles, videos, engineering blogs and interviews conducted by Imahara with some of the leading automation companies, including networking technology expert Insteon, artificial intelligence and automation startup AiroCorp, and factory automation leaders TE Connectivity and Factory Automation Systems.
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