In Pictures: Rolls-Royce UltraFan Building Blocks

In Pictures: Rolls-Royce UltraFan Building Blocks

An article by Guy Norris from Aviation Week Rated at 87,000 lb. thrust, the test engine will have a 140-in. fan diameter, making it the largest aircraft engine yet developed. Although the engine does not yet have a firm application, Rolls says the demonstrator—which...
Cyber Physical Systems and Industry 4.0

Cyber Physical Systems and Industry 4.0

Cyber Physical Systems are integrations of computation, networking, and physical processes. Embedded computers and networks monitor and control the physical processes, with feedback loops where physical processes affect computations and vice versa. The economic...
Big Data and Industry 4.0

Big Data and Industry 4.0

Big Data is a term that describes the large volume of data – both structured and unstructured – that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis. What is relevant to understanding Big Data is that what is done with the data is what matters. Big Data can be analyzed for...