Procesos Productivos y Desarrollo de Productos: recursos de información: Automatización Industrial

The domestic canary isn’t what most of us would consider a tool for industrial labour.

But in 1988, hundreds of these birds were made redundant from their small, yet significant roles in Britain’s coal mining industry.

Earlier mines lacked air ventilation, which meant these ill-fated birds were favoured as the gas detectors of choice.

Today, advancements in connectivity and the introduction of cloud computing are making monitoring industrial environments a lot more sophisticated.

As the next industrial revolution gets underway, here are some of the key Internet of Things trends, predictions and recommendations for 2017.