Archives for Internet of Things

    Guest Blog – Monash University – FYP brings together best-in-class technologies to create a functioning Digital Twin

    Guest Post by Shikhar Gupta, final-year student in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Shikhar was a full-time intern at LEAP Australia over the summer of 2017/18, then completed his Final Year Project using LEAP & PTC software during 2018. The result of Shikhar’s work was presented last...

    Guest blog: Student perspective endorses valuable skills gained at RMIT IoT/AR Hackathon

    Team Supernova - first place winners at the RMIT IoT/AR Hackathon
    At LEAP, we were very proud to play an important role in mentoring the student teams from RMIT to help them deliver their IoT/AR-based solutions to 10 real-world industry problems across 2 exciting days of the Hackathon.  It was certainly inspiring to us to see their creativity and ingenuity emerge using Vuforia Augmented Reality (AR)...

    PTC’s IoT & PLM technology Leading the Pack – awarded “Leader” status across successive independent reports

    Here at LEAP Australia, we already know how good the IoT and PLM tools from PTC are - Thingworx and Windchill - after all, we work with them every day! But how do they stack up when reviewed by completely independent third-party researchers such as Gartner, Forrester and ABI Research?   Well we’ve put together...

    What is Industry 4.0 and what does it mean for us as engineers?

    Industry 4.0 Solutions at LEAP Australia
    Initially devised as part of a German government-led strategy to promote digitalisation in manufacturing, the term Industrie 4.0 (aka the fourth industrial revolution) has arisen in recognition of the significant value that can be realised in transforming manufacturing from traditional techniques to a fully connected and digitally managed process, often known as cyber-physical systems. This...

    How will Augmented Reality (AR) change the way engineers in industry design the next generation of smart, connected products?

    PTC KTM Augmented Reality image
    Augmented reality (AR) is generating much excitement amongst technology enthusiasts worldwide, but it is also worth considering how AR may disrupt the way companies do business by enabling engineers, technicians and consumers to experience their products in a completely new way. Historically, it has been challenging for manufacturers to develop and deploy AR if they...

    Digitalisation Initiative establishes RMIT University as an educational leader in Industry 4.0 skills in Australia

    PTC & RMIT announce IoT partnership
    RMIT Students to Gain Real-World Experience with Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Augmented Reality (AR) Technologies You may have already seen this week’s exciting announcement from PTC that RMIT University has expanded their partnership with LEAP Australia and selected the ThingWorx® IoT Platform, Windchill® software, and ThingWorx Studio technology from PTC to establish itself as an educational leader in the teaching...

    National Manufacturing Week & EMEX 2016

    LEAP Australia at National Manufacturing Week
    LEAP Australia recently exhibited at the largest manufacturing trade shows in Australia and New Zealand; National Manufacturing Week (NMW) in Sydney and the Engineering, Machinery & Electronics Exhibition (EMEX) in Auckland. NMW 2016 Event Video from Omniscope on Vimeo. A live demonstration of PTC’s Internet of Things enabled ‘Digital Twin’ was a big hit on...
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