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Automation Part 3: A New Age Of Work

Automation Part 3: A New Age Of Work

In this final part of Silicon UK’s look at automation, we consider what the future holds for all enterprises. What should your business’s automation roadmap look like?

There is little doubt that automation will have a profound and lasting impact on many businesses. According to research commissioned by Expleo , 39% of employed adults agreed that technology enables them to work faster. In comparison, nearly a third (32%) stated that “greater access to information” has improved their working lives.

Automation has often been portrayed in a negative light with mass job losses often cited as the primary result of more automation. […]

Automation: In Focus

Automation: In Focus

Marcos Kauffman is currently the Director at the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) – Coventry University Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Intellectual Property Strategy Director at Next Seti International.

Marcos joined the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) at Coventry University in 2016 as Innovation and Digital Director. In 2019 Marcos has taken the position of Director of the AME, a unique partnership between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing which was formed in late 2013 with the objective of bringing together business, research and education to accelerate the development of industry-ready graduates and commercialisation of new […]

How AI and automation could impact supply chain roles

How AI and automation could impact supply chain roles

Innovations such as AI and automation have been tipped to kickstart the Fourth Revolution.

While the technology is being widely adopted, it is constantly evolving. Therefore, there is uncertainty surrounding its overall impact, particularly on professional roles within the supply chain.

Some fear that the technology will replace its human counterparts, while other experts suggest it will work in unison with humans, supporting them to focus on higher value opportunities. Amidst all of this uncertainty one thing is for certain: AI and automation will change how we operate. One side of the coin: a workforce replaced Recent advancements in AI […]

Employee surveillance has boomed amid coronavirus. After, it won’t go away

Employee surveillance has boomed amid coronavirus. After, it won’t go away

The coronavirus outbreak has had a profound effect on the U.S. economy, with the Economic Policy Institute estimating the unemployment rate may reach 16% by July as many businesses remain closed or shutter their doors for good. Corporations around the country are developing different strategies for confronting this unprecedented disruption of business, and many of the steps that are being taken threaten to increase corporate power at the cost of workers’ job stability and autonomy.

Amazon, for starters, has faced a major backlash from its workers due to what it claims are unsafe work conditions during this outbreak. It’s claimed […]

Fort Collins Police Report ‘Drug Cartel’ Texting Scam

Fort Collins Police Report ‘Drug Cartel’ Texting Scam

Police in Fort Collins say someone has been texting people and claiming to be part of a drug cartel.

That’s according to a post on the Fort Collins Police Services Facebook page .

The con artist threatens people with violence unless they give the texter money.Police say the whole thing is a scam, and that anyone who has actually given the person money should report the incident to police. Beware of These 50 Jobs That Might Vanish in the Next 50 Years In a 2016 op-ed for the Los Angeles Times , Steven Greenhouse (labor and workplace reporter for the New […]

[POLL] If You’re Going Back To Work — Where?

[POLL] If You’re Going Back To Work — Where?

As Americans slowly return to work are you in that group? Or, were you left out in the cold on unemployment? Vote Below. Beware of These 50 Jobs That Might Vanish in the Next 50 Years

In a 2016 op-ed for the Los Angeles Times , Steven Greenhouse (labor and workplace reporter for the New York Times from 1995 to 2014) predicted that the rise of automated cars will erase 5 million American jobs. Few are expected to be hit harder than taxi drivers, who face unemployment not only from driverless vehicles, but also from ridesharing apps like Uber. […]

Insights on the Worldwide Distributed Control Systems Industry to 2027 – Featuring ABB, Emerson Electric & General Electric Among Others – ResearchAndMarkets.com

The "Distributed Control Systems Market to 2027 – Global Analysis and Forecasts by Component; Industry Vertical" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com ‘s offering.

The global distributed control systems (DCS) market was valued at US$ 2.04 billion in 2018 and is projected to account for US$ 3.90 billion by 2027; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.2% during the forecast period.

In line with the ongoing technological revolution, control over the complicated process is required to ensure decent performance, and therefore, the industrial automation systems are combined with advanced automation control technologies. DCS are the solutions that have […]

How AI Curriculum Can Prepare Students for Success in a New World

How AI Curriculum Can Prepare Students for Success in a New World

Self-driving cars. Mining info. Robo-Investment Consultants. Artificial intelligence has already disrupted entire industries and will transform the way people work fully.

When companies in all sectors adopt AI technologies in droves, they also need workers who can successfully use them. Over the past five years, the total share of employment needing AI skills has risen 4.5 fold, and will only continue to increase as the technology becomes more widespread.

The environment is moving towards using AI for many things, “says Yiannis Papelis, Virtual Reality and Robotics Lab research professor and director at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Centre. He contrasts […]

Robots Are Here to Make Your Job Safer and Cleaner

Robots Are Here to Make Your Job Safer and Cleaner

Human beings have long worried about new machinery, computers, and robots displacing human workers and causing economic hardship, with recent one recent poll finding that 76% of Americans believe that inequality between the rich and the poor would increase if robots and computers perform most of the jobs currently being done by humans. The skyrocketing unemployment figures related to the current coronavirus pandemic aren’t doing much these days to reassure people about their long-term employment future, either. But the risks being highlighted by Covid-19 should actually lead us to appreciate the great potential automated workplace technology has for making […]

Artificial Intelligence: How AI Could Change Our Lives Forever

Artificial Intelligence: How AI Could Change Our Lives Forever

Post-coronavirus, AI as a technology will be omnipresent in humans’ work, home and health.

The coronavirus will have a dual and adverse impact on people across the globe. Not only will it impact lives through sickness and death, but it will also dramatically damage their economic well-being. Technological innovation comes to the fore at the time of such pivotal crises. While cloud computing burst on the scene after the 2008 financial crisis, it may be AI’s turn to take center stage amidst, and after, the COVID-19 pandemic. How coronavirus will boost AI use cases

In healthcare, AI is being […]