Finally, an article that explains IoT in a clear, understandable way! “IoT is defined as products made smart with sensors that are interconnected.” Priceless. Then I was further educated in the size of the market -- good job collecting data from various sources -- and the major players. So many, but for me it helped clarify the CAD companies’ posturing on this subject as that is what I need to keep an eye on. -Roopinder Tara, director of content ENGINEERING.com
There was a question regarding whether or not there is any standards group working on standards for consumer IoT. Though not consumer-oriented, the MTConnect standard (www.mtconnect.org) is addressing interoperability throughout the factory floor, and so is definitely worth checking out. Initiated by Association of Manufacturing Technology (AMT), it is viewed as critically enabling to manufacturing as standardized threads were: pretty heady claims!
Any of the MCAD companies who are doing work with manufacturing systems are already probably aware of MTConnect. I had exposed Autodesk’s Factory Design Suite team to MTConnect while I was still there.
Speaking of IoT and connectivity, Siemens still probably has one of the best opportunities to demonstrate a complete solution in manufacturing. With the breadth of their product offering, they cover it all from design engineering to manufacturing engineering to manufacturing -- from NX to Siemens machine tool controllers.
I’m really enjoying the IoT discussion that’s now rippling through the MCAD market. - John Callen Lutron
The editor replies: "I sometimes wonder if Siemens is too big to understand what it has."
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I always get a good laugh when people ask if IP6 will run out of addresses. Then again Ip6 will be great for spammers, they can collect IP addresses by the boat load. -Chris Hannukainen
The editor replies: The number is so big it is unimaginable. But perhaps people recall the limitations in computer program design when it came to Y2K and IPv4.
The Internet of Things is as nebulous as the cloud, so anyone can define it anyway that makes them a profit? Question: What exactly are these "Things?" Are they personal, household things? Toasters? Cell phones? Electric leaf blowers? Washing machines? Mailboxes?
Or are they supposed to be industrial things, like tooling and controllers? If these Things are the former, I suspect there is really a very limited number of things that need this kind of connectivity.
If these folks mean industrial, then these items are likely extremely specialized, and will need proprietary software (and likely hardware), so there will never be "one standard to bring them and in the darkness, bind them."
In either case, these seems like just another instance of a great deal of heat and not too much light. It's much ado about very litttle, but it keeps the marketing departments busy.
Thanks again, sir. -Peter Lawton The editor replies: "Things" can be anything that can be connected to the Internet. While I am not fond of IoT, our city a few years ago installed IoT water meters that measure water consumption on a hourly basis. This lets the city detect leaks.
And then a couple of years ago, the local hydro electrical utility installed IoT electricity meters. We can go to their Web site to see our consumption on a daily basis. What's really useful is seeing our home compared to our neighbors -- and we have the lowest consumption!
I am not, however, fond of IoT devices like Nest, that report back to Google my home's temperature settings.
Mr Lawton responds: Well, ok, home utilities could be better managed (by Big Brother), so that’s 4 (electrical, gas, water, sewage. I’m struggling to come up with more than a handful of personal household Things, and so it hardly seems to be a crisis for the development of a standard. Lotsa fluff, tho.
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The other agreement's wtih PTC: design objects in 3D and then print them. PTC's Creo 3.0 is getting a module Stratasys' Objet500 Connex3 multi-color multi-material 3D printer for now. Other printers to be added later. http://www.stratasys.com |
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Read the blog at WorldCAD Access as I write more about the CAD industry, and give tips on using hardware and software. You can also keep up with the blog through RSS feeds and email alerts. These are some of the articles that appeared on WorldCAD Access during the last week:
- Microsoft doesn't want you printing folders; we show you how
- Geriatric computing
- Why I don't provide print versions of my ebooks
I'm also on Twitter at @upfrontezine throughout the day with late-breaking CAD news and wry commentary, such as:
- upFront.eZine (@upFronteZine): PTC copying Autodesk, no longer ferrying media to its events. Reporters expected to drink from the same social media trough as everyone else
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