Manufacturing

The internet of things will disrupt manufacturing for ever, but are you ready?

A staff member of Sharp Corp shows a tablet, which has an application to control and to communicate with home electrical appliances via its home energy management system at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) JAPAN 2013 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 1, 2013. Companies from Panasonic Corp to Toshiba Corp are diverting engineers and money away from their TV operations and into developing 'smart appliances' after losing out in the living room to cheaper Asian rivals. A fridge that texts pictures to show what's for dinner, a voice-controlled washing machine - appliances like these are being designed to talk to each other via the cloud to cut energy bills. Picture taken October 1, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - RTX162JR

Smart technology is increasingly used to control household appliances Image: REUTERS/Yuya Shino

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