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10 Professional-Level Web Design Tools to Get the Ideal Website

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A good website design is the one that sells itself!

How do you ensure a website is good? Well, in this fast-paced business industry, viewers hardly spend even a few seconds on a website. If they find it valuable, they will put in the effort to go through the website.

However, if they lose interest, they will choose to close the tab right off and might not even consider coming back to your website.

Within a glance, a viewer should be able to grasp what it is that you do and how your business can add value to their lives. After all, your website is in a way your portfolio, isn’t it?. So, you need to make sure to build it the right way. [Read more…] about 10 Professional-Level Web Design Tools to Get the Ideal Website

30+ Google Docs Planner Templates for Free

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Do you want to make a timely daily, weekly, or monthly plan? Maybe you need to organize a systematic check of equipment or other work?

Free planner templates in Google Docs by TheGoodocs are the best way to accomplish all the above without wasting a lot of time and annoyance. We offer to use any template from this pack absolutely free.

Moreover, you will have access to many options for convenient work or customization of the chosen template. You will find everything you need to achieve your goal in minutes, instead of creating a template from scratch. [Read more…] about 30+ Google Docs Planner Templates for Free

IDS introduces AI-complete industrial vision solution: ‘Even more functions thanks to free upgrade’

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The recently released software update for the IDS NXT platform provides users of the all-in-one AI solution IDS NXT ocean with many new features.

It extends the system’s AI capabilities to include object detection, offers turnkey solutions with vision apps and, with a new development environment, ensures that users can program their own image processing tasks and execute them as vision apps on their cameras.

Using OPC UA, AI-based image processing can also be integrated directly into factory automation without writing a single line of code. The update is free and can be used with all IDS NXT cameras. [Read more…] about IDS introduces AI-complete industrial vision solution: ‘Even more functions thanks to free upgrade’

IDS to host free online event ‘Capture the Light’ presented by its image processing experts

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For the successful implementation of image processing applications, it is not only important to choose the right camera and a suitable image sensor.

In order to capture light without interference and convert it into usable information, suitable optics and high-quality filter glasses also play a decisive role.

The focus event “Capture the Light” on June 24th at 2 pm BST addresses this topic in three exciting sessions. [Read more…] about IDS to host free online event ‘Capture the Light’ presented by its image processing experts

Okuma makes ‘conversational programming’ standard on its CNC machines

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Okuma, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of industrial equipment, has introduced “conversational programming” as standard on its CNC machines.

Okuma says its Advanced One Touch (AOT) conversational programming software enables shops to “easily create programs without the need for highly-trained programmers, achieve faster setup times, and increase machine productivity”.

Okuma America says that select machines from Okuma’s core product line now come equipped with the Advanced One Touch-Interactive Graphics Function (AOT-IGF), the conversational programming software designed for Okuma’s lathes, machining centers and multitasking machines. [Read more…] about Okuma makes ‘conversational programming’ standard on its CNC machines

Optimising Documents to Publish Digitally

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If you want to send or publish the documents online, no matter whether it is a printable 1099 form you send to the IRS or a business presentation, you have to use all the services you can.

World Wide Web offers multiple tools for working online, even stating your taxes and sending them to officials, without leaving the house. If you want to improve your digital publications, you have to learn your possibilities. [Read more…] about Optimising Documents to Publish Digitally

The Best Tools to Help You Create a Website for Free

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Any business that is serious about staying ahead of the competition – regardless of which sector it operates in – must have an attractive and engaging website.

With more and more commercial transactions taking place online, many consumers won’t even consider buying a product or service from your business unless they can visit your site.

With that in mind, it’s essential that you launch a website as soon as possible. For start-ups and entrepreneurs, finding the funds to hire a professional web designer is a tricky proposition… but fortunately, that’s not the only route you can take. [Read more…] about The Best Tools to Help You Create a Website for Free

ABB offers augmented reality on a smartphone to simplify robot installations

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ABB has launched its new RobotStudio Augmented Reality viewer to provide a “quick and convenient way of visualizing where and how robotic automation can fit into your process using a smartphone or tablet”.

Discovering whether a robot is right for your application has never been easier following the launch of ABB’s new Augmented Reality viewer, which has been added to ABB’s powerful PC-based RobotStudio offline programming software.

The RobotStudio AR Viewer app can be used to test any model created in RobotStudio, enabling users to get an idea of the size and scale of a robot or robot cell and how it can be deployed on a factory floor to fit around any existing production equipment. [Read more…] about ABB offers augmented reality on a smartphone to simplify robot installations

German engineering companies losing massive market share due to subtle trade barriers

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German engineering companies are losing massive market share due to trade barriers around the world, according to a new report.

Globally its most successful sector, and represented by industry association VDMA, Germany’s engineering companies say they have lost between 70 and 100 percent of export markets in some countries.

The VDMA blames “egoism” and a climate of protectionism, according to Die Welt, which notes that subtle instruments such as localization initiatives and regulations, as well as the traditional blunt ones such as tariffs and subsidies, are being used to obligate companies to avoid buying from overseas machine builders. [Read more…] about German engineering companies losing massive market share due to subtle trade barriers

Airbus unveils autonomous helicopter

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Aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled an autonomous helicopter.

The prototype of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 unmanned aerial system has performed its first free flight. The VSR700 performed a 10-minute flight at a drone test centre near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.

The company says this is a “significant step” in the programme following the first flight in November 2019 when the prototype was tethered to comply with regulatory requirements. [Read more…] about Airbus unveils autonomous helicopter