5 Articles for the Automation Pro - Labor Day Edition

Doing some train reading on the way to work, enjoy these articles during the rest of the week and over the weekend!

Aug. 30, 2012

2 min read

1. Skilled Work, Without the Worker
More sophisticated robots are looking to make bigger inroads, but a service component (humans) is always going to be needed....at least for the next 50 years.
Source: New York Times

2. Tip #56 - Learn New Skills and Explore Technological Advances
Greg talks about how you need to bring something "extra" to the workplace table and career advancement may be secondary.
Source: ISA Interchange

3. iPad Use in Manufacturing
This is guest post from Tim Sharpe on what happens when Silo 42's valve needs to be knocked off.
Source: Gary Mintchell's Feed Forward Blog

4. Thriving U.S. Wind Industry Faces More Uncertain Future

At the end of the day, we're going to have a government that hands out credits and subsidies...might as well be wind. Trends point to the building of combined Natural gas and Wind Power Generation plants in the U.S.

Source: IEEE Spectrum, Inside Technology

5. New PLC Reference Platform

This type of item always gets a lot of traction on the site...advanced control technology

Source: Automation World

5a. Video: The Difference Between ICS/DCS Security and SCADA Security

A very important point about possible security solutions for your control system.

Source: InfoSecIsland

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