You’d need to be at least forty or have a taste for 1980s Norwegian pop music to get that terrible pun, but for someone who grew up in the ‘80s when solar energy was still in its infancy and Britain’s coal industry was being decimated, it’s wonderful to see that investment in Solar technology continues and the possibility to become fossil fuel free could soon be realized.
It may sound bizarre but it’s true. Going back to the earliest days of metalworking, circa 3500 years ago, some ‘bright spark’ established a process for fusing the surface of two elements to form a single unit and welding was born!
“Out of the spent and unconsidered earth the cities rise again.” Rudyard Kipling
We are about to enter the era of what is being universally referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT). Via this key enabling technology it will be possible to transfer valuable data between all manner of different types of electronic hardware in a way that would have been unimaginable only a few years ago. This could include everyday products from vending machines to domestic appliances, from gym equipment to smart meters. IoT looks destined to revolutionize home automation, industrial control, healthcare and a raft of other applications. The capture and processing of imaging data will have an integral part to play in a large proportion of IoT implementations. If engineers are going to add a fully effective imaging element into their IoT-enabled designs then there are both technical and commercial issues that they must be aware of.
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