One of the main promises of Industry 4.0 is to use digital technology to harness data to unlock business value from machines. The vision of “smart manufacturing” has been partially realized through digital technology and its seamless and efficient connection of the Industrial Internet of Things (IloT). Manufacturers now employ various levels of...

By Alireza Dayerizadeh
PowerAmerica Ph.D. Student

When I was about 10 years old, my father gave me an old shortwave radio and showed me how to tune it to receive stations from Europe and Asia.

This experience had a profound effect on me. I was in awe at how a voice could travel through thin air across the globe and be picked up by an innocuous...