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Does manufacturing matter?: The highs and lows of my trip back to MIT
Written by Dick Morley January 24, 2012
Recently, I went back to my roots. As a young man, I spent four years learning about physics at MIT, and revisited my old stomping grounds earlier this year.
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Meet me in St. Louis: Morley takes on the ISA Marketing and Sales Summit 2011
Written by Dick Morley November 17, 2011
I was asked to give two keynote presentations at the ISA Marketing and Sales Summit in St. Louis, Mo., in September. Shari Worthington, the marketing chair for the event, requested…
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When we were designing the programmable controller, we did not want it to be a computer. We wanted it to be an appliance - like a microwave oven. We purposely…
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Tech time travel: Morley reflects on technology - past and future
Written by Dick Morley September 19, 2011
Manufacturing AUTOMATION is 25 years old this month. This special anniversary issue gives me an excuse to examine the past and the future of technology.
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Social dynamics and the ability to solve problems are of concern. We seem unable to make decisions in large groups. Surveys indicate that disruptive innovations come from very small groups…
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We have all heard of K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stupid. There is a lot of truth to that expression. In my life, I have learned that, in many cases,…
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Have you ever heard of frustrated systems - not in the social or emotional sense, but in the scientific sense? Academics suggest that frustrated systems exist everywhere. In the simplest…
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In circa 400 BC, Socrates held court in ancient Athens. Socrates himself left no written history, but many of his students have, and some have influence today. Zeno of Elia…
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Automation, innovation and soup: Morley takes on Houston for ISA Automation Week
Written by Dick Morley November 12, 2010
Not too long ago, I was asked by Pat Gouhin, the fearless director of the International Society of Automation (ISA), to give the closing talk at the 2010 ISA Automation…
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This column is written under pressure. Late again. When will I learn? Actually, the first column I wrote for this issue was submitted on time, and I was so proud.…
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