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Ready for Industrial Wireless?

Posted March 05, 2009 8:17 AM

As consumers, we can't get rid of wires fast enough. But what about wireless adoption in manufacturing and assembly? Wireless has come a long way in the past few years, but are current technologies robust enough, reliable enough, secure enough for industrial environments that serve up extreme temperatures, toxic chemicals, dangerous equipment. Will our love affair with wireless translate sooner rather than later in more automated, more efficient factories?

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