Over the last 18 months we at HSSMI have been talking to a lot of our customers and academic partners about digital manufacturing, or industry 4.0 or Factory of the Future; the names vary but the intent is the same; how can we increase productivity, quality, flexibility and reduce cost.

As part of my work in the Data Analytics for Resource Efficiency team and my interest in Machine Learning, I’m interested to know when machines can be considered intelligent. Over the years, the Turing Test has been regarded by many (definitely not by all) as THE definitive test for consciousness.

 Although these storage solutions are a key component, the cloud is much more than just simple distributed storage. In this blog post, I’ll present my current views as a web developer, having previous experience of working in IT services and outsourcing.

According to some interesting statistics from the year 2015, 64% of engineering employers in the UK state that the current shortfall of 55,000 engineers with the appropriate skill set threatens their business. Additionally, 32% of companies across multiple sectors currently find it difficult to...

HSSMI is pleased to announce that NMUK has joined the institute as a Strategic Member. As a Strategic Member NMUK will engage with HSSMI in defined work plans and projects, taking advantage of the HSSMI culture of collaborate, innovate and deploy. NMUK is the UK's largest car manufacturing plant...

IoT devices do not hold much data themselves for them to be worthwhile paying a ransom to unlock, but they do have access to real world systems; be that locks on the door or assets on the production line. This has a potential to do far more damage than just locking some data.