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Does it Make Sense to Invest in Cryptocurrencies This Year?

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Cryptocurrency is once again becoming a hot topic in many different industries and circles. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, investor, or day trader, you’ve probably heard about the rising Bitcoin prices and all of the unique opportunities for making a huge profit.

In fact, some sources suggest that Bitcoin prices might surge to over $100,000 this year, making it a historic rise that many people will profit from.

Unfortunately, cryptocurrency investments have always been volatile. It’s difficult to judge cryptocurrencies because very few people understand what makes them tick. In fact, a lot of people don’t even understand how cryptocurrency values are defined or even how they’re “created”. [Read more…] about Does it Make Sense to Invest in Cryptocurrencies This Year?

Preparing metal parts for airplanes

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By Martin Zimmermann, key account manager, Kollmorgen Switzerland

Freymatic is building shot peening plants for the construction of aircraft engines – and, to do this, it’s opting for motion control technologies from Kollmorgen to achieve high-quality requirements.

Peening, or shot peening, refers to the striking of metal with a hammer of some description while preparing it for manufacturing.

The shot needs to hit accurately. This is the only way for their power to be optimally deployed. This power does not do any damage. In fact, with each hit it makes the target stronger, more solid and tougher. And this is why accuracy, airspeed and the right quantity with the right measurements are so crucial. [Read more…] about Preparing metal parts for airplanes

RIA publishes new technical report on collaborative robots

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The RIA R15.06 Standards Committee has finalized Technical Report R15.806-2018 to address the test methods and metrics for measuring pressure and force associated with quasi-static and transient contact events of collaborative applications.

A collaborative robot, or cobot, is a type of robot intended to physically interact with humans in a shared workspace. Collaborative robots are experiencing rapid market growth.

According to Markets and Markets research, the collaborative robots market is expected to reach a value of $4.28 billion by 2023, growing at an astounding 56.94 percent compound annual growth rate.

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