ISA InTech eNews : Pinto's Point Index

InTech : Pinto's Points (Index)

InTech, the ISA magazine, publishes a regular (weekly) eNews, which includes a link to a brief Pinto Point. Each point is an item which I think will stimulate your thinking - technical trends, market musings, sales solutions, business briefs.

Here you have links to the ISA archives on the items that have been published.

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2009 Future of Reading 18 Nov. 2009 Global outsourcing has downsides 11 Nov. 2009 America's executive pay fiasco 4 Nov. 2009 Downsizing advice for employers 28 Oct. 2009 RIFs, layoffs, cutbacks: Do's and don'ts 15 Oct. 2009 Decline of large companies 1 Oct. 2009 Software, Apple's real-value offer 17 Sep. 2009 Sell scarcities, not abundance 17 Sep. 2009 Small sourcing generates U.S. jobs 10 Sep. 2009 Hire higher 3 Sep. 2009 Future of healthcare 27 Aug. 2009 Future of newspapers 20 Aug. 2009 Cloud computing 13 Aug. 2009 Future of television 6 Aug. 2009 Future of the Internet 30 July 2009 Education revolution 23 July 2009 Importance of personal networking 16 July 2009 Software as a service 9 July 2009 High-value manufacturing 2 July 2009 Develop your speaking skills 25 June 2009 Decline of American manufacturing 11 June 2009 Automation jobs declining 4 June 2009 The 'genome' of your automation system 28 May 2009 Future of energy 21 May 2009 New Kindle 2 e-book: Launch of e-paper 14 May 2009 Debunking third-world myths 30 Apr. 2009 America's immigrant ingredients 23 Apr. 2009 'Living in the present moment — here and now' 16 Apr. 2009 Strategies to thrive during the downturn 9 Apr. 2009 Quit your job, become an entrepreneur 2 Apr. 2009 Automation business decline 26 Mar. 2009 Autonomous-agent adaptive systems 19 Mar. 2009 Automation jobs just don't pay enough 12 Mar. 2009 Top 10 trends in the new economy 5 Mar. 2009 Outdated compensation mechanisms 26 Feb. 2009 In lieu of pay, how about an empty title? 19 Feb. 2009 Vision for 2012 12 Feb. 2009 Perspectives on global automation 5 Feb. 2009 Automation technology, market trends for 2009 29 Jan. 2008 Robots in war 22 Jan. 2008 Business lessons from biology 15 Jan. 2008 Friedman's new book, 'Hot, Flat & Crowded' 8 Jan. 2009	2008 Partnerships to develop energy alternatives wanted 18 Dec. 2008 Green must go mainstream 11 Dec. 2008 America's opportunity for global competitiveness 4 Dec. 2008 Wireless growth--where, when? 20 Nov. 2008 A whole new mind 13 Nov. 2008 Energy independence in U.S. 6 Nov. 2008 ISA goes international 30 Oct. 2008 Video conferencing one way to travel virtually 23 Oct. 2008 Industrial robotics snapshot 9 Oct. 2008 Short video talks by significant people 2 Oct. 2008 New workplace paradigms 25 Sep. 2008 Building teamwork 18 Sep. 2008 Automation knowledge reservoirs: People 11 Sep. 2008 Education value fizzles 4 Sep. 2008 Futurists, futures, forecasts 28 Aug. 2008 Left or right brain dominance 21 Aug. 2008 Tipping point in peak oil crisis 14 Aug. 2008 Understanding the global numbers 7 Aug. 2008 China's low-ball pricing 31 July 2008 Performance-based pricing 24 July 2008 Stop disintermediation with relationship management 17 July 2008 Reshuffling the automation majors 10 July 2008 Green means more green 26 June 2008 Automation skills shortage 19 June 2008 Three keys to Innovation 12 June 2008 Pursuit of Innovation 5 June 2008 Management of innovation 29 May 2008 Never be lowest bidder 22 May 2008 Growth obstacles for large companies 15 May 2008 Consumer tech in industrial automation 8 May 2008 New manufacturing strategies 1 May 2008 E-waste- dumping old technology products 24 Apr. 2008 Embedded intelligence, diagnostics 17 Apr. 2008 Winning in business 10 Apr. 2008 Entering dawn of green 3 Apr. 2008 OPC helps standards work together 27 Mar. 2008 November's DARPA robot race 20 Mar. 2008 Technology and market predictions for 2008 13 Mar. 2008 Managing equipment life cycles 6 Mar. 2008 Booming Bangalore 28 Feb. 2008 Networking: A plethora of choices 21 Feb. 2008 Enterprise decision making 14 Feb. 2008 Let's have some fun and make money 7 Feb. 2008 Control systems security 31 Jan. 2008 Redefining global business leadership 24 Jan. 2008 Future of air travel 17 Jan. 2008 Solar Power advances 10 Jan. 2008	2007 New disintermediation perspectives 20 Dec. 2007 Technology of big transistors 13 Dec. 2007 Strategy paradox 6 Dec. 2007 Cisco factor in Wireless Wars 29 Nov. 2007 Biometric identification 15 Nov. 2007 How to make a dynamic presentation 8 Nov. 2007 Declaring e-mail bankruptcy 1 Nov. 2007 Cell phone futures 25 Oct. 2007 ISA - International Society of Automation 18 Oct. 2007 Industrial wireless quadrille 11 Oct. 2007 Wild, wacky, wireless wars 27 Sept. 2007 Women in engineering 20 Sept. 2007 Technology is making us stupid 13 Sept. 2007 Water wars on horizon 6 Sept. 2007 Growth through products or services 30 Aug. 2007 My life on a memory stick 23 Aug. 2007 How to really erase a hard drive 16 Aug. 2007 Google keeps growing 9 Aug. 2007 Industrial wireless standards 2 Aug. 2007 Tackling automation standards 26 July 2007 Industrial Ethernet for open automation networks 19 July 2007 Higher patent standards 12 July 2007 Microsoft robotics operating system 28 June 2007 Tomorrow's leading automation companies 21 June 2007 Engineers can be leaders 14 June 2007 Think outside the box 7 June 2007 Collaboration generates performance 31 May 2007 Performance-based compensation 24 May 2007 The 'Next' new world 17 May 2007 Future challenges: How will we react? 10 May 2007 Google, YouTube: A vision of accelerating change 3 May 2007 Free worldwide telephone calls 26 Apr. 2007 Cheap worldwide telephone calls 19 Apr. 2007 History of instrumentation products 12 Apr. 2007 Accelerating technology pushes potential 5 Apr. 2007 Earth's resources going too fast 29 Mar. 2007 Get involved with developing energy alternatives 22 Mar. 2007 Global warming: Natural or man-made? 15 Mar. 2007 Possibility of global calamity 8 Mar. 2007 A true growth plan: Global collaboration 1 Mar. 2007 Automation services 22 Feb. 2007 2007 hot consumer products 15 Feb. 2007 iPhone: Apple's innovation, hype, arrogance 8 Feb. 2007 Asymmetric motivation 1 Feb. 2007 E-mail: Dying or thriving? 25 Jan. 2007 iWoz, the ultimate geek’s manifesto 18 Jan. 2007 Humans using Earth's resources too fast 11 Jan. 2007 2007 automation technology picks 4 Jan. 2007	2006 'Revolutionary wealth' 14 Dec. 2006 Technology treadmill keeps rolling along 7 Dec. 2006 People are the winning edge 30 Nov. 2006 Networked equipment optimizes assets 16 Nov. 2006 Web services and applications integration 8 Nov. 2006 New robot shapes, sizes 2 Nov. 2006 Real-time information boosts productivity 26 Oct. 2006 Broaden your horizons 12 Oct. 2006 The pervasive Internet 4 Oct. 2006 Industrial wireless at 'tipping point' 28 Sept. 2006 Focusing in on China's long-term view 21 Sept. 2006 Re-shaping the world in the 21st century 14 Sept. 2006 The long tail changing the game 6 Sept. 2006 American energy independence under microscope 31 August 2006 New management thinking versus old 24 August 2006 10 steps to finding the right job 17 August 2006 Good mergers, acquisitions focus on people, culture 10 August 2006 What happens to acquired companies? 2 August 2006 Business growth plateaus/barriers 27 July 2006 Top trends for the next decade 20 July 2006 Future needs futurists 12 July 2006 Subservience is transitional 5 July 2006 Here comes booming India 28 June 2006 Continuing oil crisis 21 June 2006 Handbook of measurement equations, tables 14 June 2006 Fighting the patent troll plague 7 June 2006 Trends, emerging technologies 31 May 2006 Balanced outsourcing 24 May 2006 Growth shifts to new arenas 17 May 2006 What end-users should know about suppliers 10 May 2006 New global business models 3 May 2006 Why high oil prices are good 26 April 2006 Podcasts: Listen while you walk/work/drive 19 April 2006 The singularity is near 12 April 2006 Steve Jobs: 'You've got to do what you love' 5 April 2006 The grand convergence 29 Mar. 2006 New products for a new business environment 22 Mar. 2006 The future of work 15 Mar. 2006 The end of e-mail 8 Mar. 2006 Chindia: Crouching tiger, hidden dragon 1 Mar. 2006 Chuck Knight's new book: Performance without Compromise 22 Feb. 2006 Innovation key to success 15 Feb. 2006 History of the PLC 8 Feb. 2006 Drucker's lasting impact 1 Feb. 2006 Future of the Internet 25 Jan. 2006 Rebirth of television 18 Jan. 2006 RFID generates supply-chain information value 11 Jan. 2006 Chips on a cuff: Clothing that thinks 4 Jan. 2006
2005
Extending human life 14 Dec. 2005 Outsourcing’s hunger pangs 7 Dec. 2005 Google changing the world 1 Dec. 2005 Google & Wal-Mart: Yin & Yang 16 Nov. 2005 A standards dichotomy 9 Nov. 2005 Technology, globalization work in Ireland 3 Nov. 2005 Cellevision is coming 27 Oct. 2005 Rampant e-mail addiction 26 Oct. 2005 Court ruling cannot stop file swapping 25 Oct. 2005 Google maps and satellite images 19 Oct. 2005 DARPA Robot Race 2005 12 Oct. 2005 Ten laws of the modern world 5 Oct. 2005 Automation system security 29 Sept. 2005	'The Silicon Eye' 22 Sept. 2005 Kryder outpaces Moore 15 Sept. 2005 Book points how to win in automation 7 Sept. 2005 Blog phenomenon all around 31 Aug. 2005 Burgeoning business of nanotechnology 24 Aug. 2005 Myth of outsourcing 17 Aug. 2005 The 10 fores of flatness 10 Aug. 2005 ‘The world is flat’ 3 Aug. 2005 Future perspectives and possibilities 27 July 2005 Directed sound beams 20 July 2005 Breaking the automation mindset 13 July 2005 Jack Welch on winning 6 July 2005 Google online library 23 June 2005 Digital music’s next nemesis 23 June 2005	Consumer technologies to watch 15 June 2005 Peter Drucker on leadership 8 June 2005 Techno human's on horizon 1 June 2005 Robot servants 25 May 2005 Robot ethics now or later? 18 May 2005 Knowledge-based jobs must replace manufacturing jobs 11 May 2005 Can America afford the China price? 4 May 2005 Life on the fast track 27 Apr. 2005 The serious problems of e-waste 20 Apr. 2005 Letting go of old computers 13 Apr. 2005 Howard Bloom's global brain 6 Apr. 2005 Robot vacuum that does real work 30 Mar. 2005 Technological innovations continue to change world 23 Mar. 2005	Automation 'patent trolls' net millions 16 Mar. 2005 Future of personal computing 9 Mar. 2005 Energy, the bottomless well 2 Mar. 2005 'Swarming distribution' drives superior downloads 23 Feb. 2005 Human skin as network medium 17 Feb. 2005 Solar power shining through 9 Feb. 2005 Sensors everywhere, computers invisible 2 Feb. 2005 Use FABs, not FUDs 26 Jan. 2005 Company startups: Guru advice for engineers 19 Jan. 2005 Breaking away from the old industrial mindset 12 Jan. 2005 Goodbye gas guzzlers; hello hybrids 5 Jan. 2005
2004
Fast-depleting oil resources 15 Dec. 2004 Where are new high tech, manufacturing jobs? 8 Dec. 2004 Nanotech manufacturing is coming 1 Dec. 2004 Future factory—a reality 17 Nov. 2004 Automation futures–not just extrapolation of the past 10 Nov. 2004 Technology continues to have a positive impact 3 Nov. 2004 Wearable cell phones 27 Oct. 2004 Robot "swarms" can solve problems 20 Oct. 2004 Top 10 innovations for war on terror 13 Oct. 2004 Robots without ethics 6 Oct. 2004 Nanotechnology provides energy solutions 30 Sept. 2004	Focus on the benefits—outsource the tools 22 Sept. 2004 Offshore advantages not just cost 16 Sept. 2004 The future is closer than it appears 9 Sept. 2004 The new M2M revolution 1 Sept. 2004 More thoughts on scarcity and abundance 25 August 2004 The problems of scarcity and abundance 18 August 2004 Enterprise decision-making 11 August 2004 Directed sound beams 4 August 2004 The art of leadership 28 July 2004 The roots of American innovation 21 July 2004 WiMax – the next big thing for wireless 15 July 2004 The information glut 8 July 2004 Robots are here 30 June 2004 Leadership and the engineer 23 June 2004	Investing in engineering start-ups 16 June 2004 Awesome images of the universe 9 June 2004 Ten emerging technologies 2 June 2004 Hard truths about globalization 26 May 2004 Pseudoscientific constants 19 May 2004 Technology laws 12 May 2004 The cyberspace atlas 5 May 2004 Exporting jobs to stay competitive 28 April 2004 Peter Drucker's latest wisdom 21 April 2004 The coming oil crisis 15 April 2004 Automate, emigrate, or evaporate 8 April 2004 Energy management – similar technologies, different markets 31 Mar. 2004	Industrial marketing or real marketing? Your choice 24 Mar. 2004 No winners in robot race 17 Mar. 2004 The DARPA robot race – this week 10 Mar. 2004 When autos come alive 3 Mar. 2004 Automation systems integrators' growth ceiling 25 Feb. 2004 Second-tier automation companies 18 Feb. 2004 Buying and selling time 11 Feb. 2004 Regain competitive edge, invest in people 4 Feb. 2004 E-mail speeds up business 28 Jan. 2004 RFID technology spreading fast 21 Jan. 2004 New markets for automation technology 14 Jan. 2004 Never be the lowest bidder 7 Jan. 2004
2003
Become proactive in the global environment 17 Dec. 2003 Robotics expanding rapidly 10 Dec. 2003 Robotic parking systems 3 Dec. 2003 The merging of mind and machines 19 Nov. 2003 Driverless car race will net winner $1 million 12 Nov. 2003 Disposable cell phones 5 Nov. 2003 Google calculator really adds up 15 Oct. 2003 Access to information: Break the habit 8 Oct. 2003 Deliberate Internet crime on upswing 1 Oct. 2003 Spam wars escalate—can e-mail be saved? 24 Sept. 2003 Six technologies that could change the world 17 Sept. 2003	Sensor networks counter terror threats 10 Sept. 2003 Pervasive wireless sensor networks 3 Sept. 2003 Nanotechnology today 27 Aug. 2003 Measuring spirituality and the human brain 20 Aug. 2003 MEMS accelerometers for motion detection 6 Aug. 2003 A day at the office in 2013 30 July 2003 Copyrights for industrial automation products 23 July 2003 The well curve 16 July 2003 Wi-Fi goes mainstream 9 July 2003 Humans in combat—high-tech weaponry 2 July 2003 In a troubled world, think 'utopian' 25 June 2003	Copyright wars rage for music, DVDs 18 June 2003 Lessons from the Great Depression 12 June 2003 The big cheap revolution 5 June 2003 The impact of cheap memory 28 May 2003 For analog, it's back to the future 21 May 2003 The future needs us 14 May 2003 The new global job shift 7 May 2003 Internet security: Computers under constant attack 30 April 2003 The end of snail mail 23 April 2003 The battle against spam e-mails 16 April 2003 The anatomy of search engines 9 April 2003 You need agility to manage change 2 April 2003 Natural born technohumans 26 March 2003	Low speed and frozen light 19 March 2003 P2P and grid computing 12 March 2003 The business e-card 5 March 2003 Robot toys & gadgets 26 Feb. 2003 Intelligent robots are coming 19 Feb. 2003 Managing in the next society 12 Feb. 2003 Segway human transporter 5 Feb. 2003 Nanotech and self-organizing systems 29 Jan. 2003 Real uses for computerized clothing 22 Jan. 2003 Technologies to watch in 2003 15 Jan. 2003 Custom drugs provide tailor-made medication 8 Jan. 2003
2002
The Singularity is coming 18 Dec. 2002 Talking with your PDA 4 Dec. 2002 The deep web 20 Nov. 2002 Communicating virtual aromas, tastes 13 Nov. 2002 The 3-D copier 6 Nov. 2002 The genomics revolution 30 Oct. 2002 Dead Horse wisdom 23 Oct. 2002 Patterns of success, failure on the Internet 16 Oct. 2002 Take a moment, and view Earth's lights 9 Oct. 2002 Do we need a technology moratorium? 2 Oct. 2002 How are you wearing your electronics? 25 Sept. 2002	Quantum computers: Revolutionary jump in processing power 18 Sept. 2002 Superthin Batteries 11 Sept. 2002 Peter Drucker on 'the near future' 4 Sept. 2002 Attend MIT for free 28 August 2002 Have you read an e-book lately? 21 August 2002 Looking for Google's successor 14 August 2002 How do you get the news? 7 August 2002 The future of paper 31 July 2002 PC circa 2010 -- and what beyond? 24 July 2002 Erasing language barriers 17 July 2002 Fusion of human and machine 10 July 2002 A new kind of science 26 June 2002 Electronic signatures coming of age 19 June 2002	NEMS now making the scene 12 June 2002 Fast-expanding markets for MEMS 5 June 2002 Patterns of Decline? Look outside for answers 29 May 2002 Emerging Wireless Technologies 22 May 2002 Untangling software code 15 May 2002 The wireless car of the future 8 May 2002 Wisdom according to Dilbert 1 May 2002 The Silicon Car 24 Apr. 2002 Production mini-plants 17 Apr. 2002 Jewelry that keeps you informed, fashionable 10 Apr. 2002 Software that breaks away from a computer 3 Apr. 2002 Always look to add value 27 Mar. 2002	Try Aaron, the computer artist 20 Mar. 2002 An odyssey continues: Predictions for the 21st century 13 Mar. 2002 Antiterrorism technology 6 Mar. 2002 Complexity science starting to rev up 27 Feb. 2002 Bio-Bugs: Robots that learn 20 Feb. 2002 Save your company - save your good people 13 Feb. 2002 The pervasive Internet 6 Feb. 2002 The wireless web 30 Jan. 2002 As robots get smarter, future looks brighter 23 Jan. 2002 The law of market confusion 16 Jan. 2002 Pick a role: Product manufacturer, or service provider 9 Jan. 2002
2001
The dichotomy of open standards 19 Dec. 2001 The Laws of Technology 12 Dec. 2001 How to increase industrial automation e-biz 5 Dec. 2001 Become a new age infomediary 28 Nov. 2001 Think smart, be first, run fast 14 Nov. 2001 Guidelines for Growth 7 Nov. 2001 Don't Discount Yourself 31 October 2001	A new kind of science 24 October 2001 Beware when you look to RIF 18 October 2001 If it ain't broke, fix it anyway... 10 October 2001 Digital rights management 3 October 2001 Mind streams for those who know they have info - but don't know where 26 September 2001 Using unused computer power 19 September 2001 Think global; go local 22 August 2001 Fully automated factories 15 August 2001	Nanotechnology : A new revolution 8 August 2001 New Revolution: P2P & Distributed Computing 25 July 2001 MEMS: Microminiature sensors, actuators, and machines 18 July 2001 Leadership in the new environment 11 July 2001 Self-organization : A new, old idea 20 June 2001 B2B exchanges : bricks settle in 13 June 2001 Humans evolving towards 'media-peds' 6 June 2001	What will the Internet bring? 30 May 2001 Technology Adoption Patterns 23 May 2001 For growth - don't solve problems 16 May 2001 An abundance of bandwidth 9 May 2001 Nanotech promises big changes by getting small 2 May 2001 Bluetooth is coming 11 April 2001 2001 : HAL is still not a reality 21 March 2001 Check your value equation 14 March 2001

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