Sentences that start off with
some variance of “I don’t want
to brag, but…” are generally a
good indicator that it’s precisely
what the speaker intends to
do and typically end with bold
proclamations that are immediately
and eminently quotable — the kind of quotes perfect for beginning a feature
story with an eye-catching artistic flourish.
Pretty much everyone
old enough to utter the
familiar, dual syllabic refrain of “beep boop” in the electro-mechanical,
monotone pitch from every sci-fi movie ever made has the same idea of what a
robot looks likes.
Gear Technology's annual State-of-the-Gear-Industry survey polls gear manufacturers about the latest trends and opinions relating to the overall health of the gear industry.
From a technological perspective,
there typically aren't many EUREKA! breakthroughs in the "state of the gear industry" to report, and 2014 was really no different.
There are varying opinions as to what constitutes innovation, but in our industry and in the engineering world as a whole, we typically think of innovation as being the use of technologies different from those we use at the moment to do things better, faster and cheaper.
So there is little chance that they need the same software to assist with their work. Gone are the days when companies wrote their own code and process engineers thumbed the same tattered reference book.