New-Tech Europe Magazine | March 2018

Latest News IoT-ready products to help launch customers’ IoT applications.”

internet Smart speakers: A feature covering different smart speakers available on the market, their specifications and their benefits. It also looks closely at what other components and devices (the Raspberry Pi, for example), are used with these smart speakers: http://uk.farnell.com/ smart-speakers

Just some of the latest content to be posted to the IoT Hub includes: Internet of robotic things: This feature focuses on how robotics is becoming a trend in businesses, the different types of robots available, and how they

Why SBCs and Development Kits are Essential in Enabling IoT: Looking at development platforms – how they have evolved over recent years and their role in the IoT: http:// uk.farnell.com/sbcs-development-kits-essential-in-iot The new animated infographic shows the services that Farnell element14 provides for its customers by following a typical project development scenario, the requirements a designer has at various stages of the project, and how these needs can be fulfilled by Farnell element14 as the Development Distributor: www.farnell.com/uk/make-your-idea-come-to-life/

can be implemented in different areas including warehouses and deliveries. It also covers robotic/human relationships and the future implications for society of new robotic developments: http://uk.farnell.com/internet-of-robotic-things Does the IoT really need the Internet: Looking at IoT devices and whether or not they require the Internet to function. Amongst other things, this article looks at rural communities and how IoT devices can work in these regions, as well as devices and applications that benefit from lower-performance networks: http://uk.farnell.com/does-the-iot-really-need-the-

Stratasys reveals development of newmetal additive manufacturing platform for short-run manufacturing applications

Stratasys Ltd., a global leader in applied additive technology solutions, announced today the development of a new metal additive manufacturing process, designed to become a viable manufacturing technology to displace conventional methods for short-run manufacturing. Additivemanufacturing is transformingproductionby offering geometric freedom of manufacture, simplified supply chains and superior economics through the elimination of costly tooling. Stratasys has led this transformation by advancing future ready leaders and their industries through complete 3D printing expertise and solutions, and is now seeking to further disrupt conventional manufacturing with a new advanced additive platform to meet the challenges of short run metal production applications. For 30 years Stratasys has been pioneering the development and adoption of 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies, including the precise, repeatable and reliable FDM and PolyJet 3D printing platforms.

The Company’s new technology platform is being developed to directly address the needs of customers’ whose requirements include the production of pilot-series parts, small batch manufacturing during product ramp up and end-of-life, and customized, lightweight, and complex parts. The global market for metal additive manufacturing is projected to grow to $12 billion by 2028, according to industry estimates. The innovative Stratasys platform has been developed internally over the past several years, incorporating the Company’s proprietary jetting technology. The platform was designed from inception to provide the values of additive manufacturing for short-run production, while overcoming material limitations of currently available metal-based additive manufacturing systems. With this new technology, Stratasys believes it will offer customers a new ability to short-run manufacture metal parts made with

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