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Our data sovereignty: a quantum computer facing the encryption that protects drawings, procedures and parameters
From the lab to the plant floor

Our data sovereignty. And when quantum arrives?

Process knowledge is what lets you replicate a line in another plant, industrialise a product or transfer technology to an industrial…

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What your contract should already say: client, supplier with its own model and third parties with frontier AI
What your contract should already say

Your suppliers and customers use AI. Do your contracts say so?

More and more industrial companies are setting out their AI policy: how tools are chosen, what information can be shared and with which accounts,…

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Whose data is it? Data flowing from the manufacturer to your plant
From the lab to the plant floor

Your machines are yours. Is your data?

Since 12 September, every connected machine placed on the European market must be designed so that whoever uses it can access its data.

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Crane module: a church porch and a crane arm mounted on a tractor
From carpentry to AI

Do you need a crane tractor?

Back in the 90s, my father repaired the roof of the church porch in Busturia. But he ran into a problem: the lorry carrying the material could not…

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Roughing down: 12.0 mm to remove, chisel versus plane
From carpentry to AI

You don’t rough down with a chisel

In a workshop some things are basic, such as every tool having its moment.

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Measuring to a ±0.5 mm tolerance: from carpentry to AI
From carpentry to AI

Measure twice, cut once

My father was a carpenter, and he taught me the groundwork for rolling out AI-driven processes.

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