The power of symbols
September 03, 2019
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The standby symbol is well-known to all of us and has become a bit of an icon for techies all around the world. Outside of the IEC, few people know that it is one of the organization’s earliest Technical Committees – IEC TC 3 – that produced the world-famous symbol.
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IEC partners with International Smart City Standards Conference
July 05, 2019
Many cities have begun introducing ‘smart’ technologies to improve the quality of life of their residents. It is now possible to collect data easily and, using algorithms, to analyse the data in real-time so as to formulate an overall picture of what is going on in a given area –
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Data networking: at the core of digital trends
June 24, 2019
All of the big trends affecting homes and industry, from IoT and Big Data to smart manufacturing and smart buildings, have one common driver – data networking.
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Leveraging AI for education
June 06, 2019
Do you wear a VR headset to your maths class? Are you writing code to programme robots? These are some of the innovative technologies that are reaching some classrooms and causing the rethinking of education.
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Are you being served?
May 20, 2019
In our increasingly environmentally conscious world, making data centres more energy-efficient and sustainable is a huge challenge.
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GSC-22 opens in Montreux
March 26, 2019
“The convergence of technology brings new complexities. No single standardization development organization can make the necessary standards on its own. We need to work together and cooperate.”
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Women inventors and their influence on today’s technologies
March 08, 2019
Women’s contributions to science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) have often been overlooked. But their contributions are not to be underestimated.
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Imagine a world without barcodes
February 20, 2019
Whether we realize it or not, technology is changing how we live and some of our habits, bringing many benefits along the way.
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A high-tech Valentine’s Day
February 13, 2019
Flowers, chocolate and cards are among the most common gifts given on Valentine’s Day. For the more munificent, gifts can also include jewellery or dinner at the restaurant. And while these gifts adhere to a certain tradition, could they not be updated by near-replicate technologies?
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The art of measurement
January 31, 2019
Luca Mari, whose term of office as Chair of the earliest IEC technical committee (TC 1) has been extended until the end of September 2021, is one of the leading experts in the science of measurement.
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