Choosing to purchase new programmable logic controllers (PLCs) or programmable automation controllers can be sign that manufacturing is recovering. While stagnation, debt crisis, an aging society, and ...

A programmable logic controller, or PLC, is a software-based equivalent of a relay panel. A PLC is a general-purpose device. One model can be programmed to control a variety of machines, and programs ...

RFID technology is not only about identifying and tracking items, but also about automating processes and enabling machine-to-machine communication. The Auto-ID Lab at the University of Memphis will ...

The Stuxnet worm first infected Windows computers at the Iranian Bushehr nuclear power plant when it gained access to the computers by USB. A USB is considered vulnerable to an onsite hacker attack—in ...

An RFID system cannot simply be bolted onto an existing manufacturing or packaging line. It must be integrated with that line. Tags must be applied inline, and there must be a system for checking that ...