---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 8:17 PM Subject: Smart Manufacturing ? - Industry 4.0 ( Wikipedia ) To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Towards further automation ? ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0 *Industry 4.0* is a project in the high-tech strategy of the German government <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_government>, which promotes the computerization <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Revolution> of the manufacturing industry.[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-1> The goal is the intelligent factory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory> (Smart Factory), which is characterized by adaptability, resource efficiency and ergonomics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergonomics> as well as the integration of customers and business partners in business and value processes.[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-2> [3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-3> Technological basis are cyber-physical systems <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-physical_system> and the Internet of Things <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things>.[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_4.0#cite_note-4> ... Some examples for Industry 4.0 are machines that predict failures and trigger maintenance processes autonomously or self-organized logistics that react to unexpected changes in the production. -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/