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Innovations That Could Change the Way You Manufacture
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Manufacturing Engineering
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June 1, 2008
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- Anonymous
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Copyright informationCopyright Society of Manufacturing Engineers Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Intelligent Devices
An intelligent device is any type of equipment, instrument, or machine that has its own computing capability. As computing technology becomes more advanced and less expensive, it can be built into an increasing number of various devices. In addition to personal and hand-held computers, the almost infinite list of possible intelligent devices includes cars, medical instruments, geological equipment, and home appliances.
Various products are being developed to enable network connectivity for diverse intelligent devices. A new category of software known as device relationship management (DRM) is designed to enable the monitoring, managing, and servicing of intelligent ...