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Validating new technology the Silverhorse way
Validating New Technologies Technology validation is a term used to describe the process of testing new technology under real-world conditions and evaluating its performance. Simulating the future intended…
Data Wiring
When someone uses a term like “data wiring,” it can be confusing: Are they talking about installing physical cables? Or is it something else entirely? Increasingly it’s the…
The connected world of Industry 5.0
The “connected world” has been used to describe our ever-increasing reliance on digital technologies and the information they provide. Silverhorse utilises Industry 5.0 advancements in our AssetHive IDH…
The Connected Worker
A “connected worker” sounds pretty futuristic…but what exactly is it, what benefits does it give you, and how do you make it a reality? These are common questions,…
The journey from concept to production
Taking a software concept and transforming it into a production-ready application is a multi-stage process known as software development. This involves concept development, design and engineering, and validity…
Maximising the potential of your business with a digital twin
Maximising the potential of your business with a digital twin: the advantages of not delaying your investment in a digital representation of your operations In today’s world, businesses…
What is digitalisation and where should you begin?
If you’ve found yourself searching through spreadsheets, digging through emails or being driven mad by databases, you’re not alone. Many business owners have heard the term ‘going digital’…
What’s the Big Deal with Big Data
These days you can barely read an article without being hit in the face by a buzzword or two, and one of the most frequent is “big data.”…
When is it too late to go digital?
When is it too late to embrace digital? When is it too late to move from using paper-based systems or old-fashioned unconnected databases or spreadsheets, to something much…
The Death of Deliverables
Since the dawning of time humans have sought to shape the world around them: To build… To improve… To reshape… But those things are kinda hard, you know?…
How to wire your asset for data
If you capture data but don’t use it for anything, does it really have value? The obvious answer is no and yet that’s exactly what I’ve seen happen…
Gaming The System For A Better 3D Model
When an operator commissions a digital twin for a large asset they expect to visualise their entire plant and ‘walk through it’ in 3d to orientate themselves. They…
Your 3D model isn’t a digital twin!
New technology on a large asset tends to be judged by its ability to deliver operational efficiency gains. But when an exciting innovation comes along, operators will often…
Why do digital strategies fail?
“Where did our digital strategy go wrong?” Operators of large assets usually ask themselves this question having spent millions of dollars on M&T projects that fail to deliver…
Data hubs and the art of building a leaner business
If you have to choose between having business data and having none, choose the data. But having data is still not enough to gain a true advantage for…
How can human centred design make companies thrive
The machines our world relies on were designed with whatever tools designers had – sketches, plans, slide rulers, and sometimes just good old-fashioned guesswork. Often it wasn’t until…
Why implementing AI isn’t a silver bullet
Artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics have become synonymous with digital transformation. What has been overlooked is the paralleled importance that practical intelligence or human…
Increase plant efficiency and increase profits in a downturn
Necessity is the mother of invention as they say. Though some oil and gas and mining operations have endured a turbulent few months which has resulted in forced…
Data harmonisation and the business of saving big money
It’s often said that, “knowledge is power.” But the hard truth is that without the ability to act on your knowledge, information is useless, however painstakingly it was…
Please write me a sonnet on the subject of the Forth Bridge
This probing question was famously part of computing pioneer Alan Turing’s test to determine whether computers are capable of thinking. If AI could pass this test, Turing suggested,…
What is a digital twin?
Among the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, the firstborn of two twins is traditionally named Taiyewo, which translates as ‘slave to the second twin’. A digital twin is a…
Pushing 3-D Models Beyond BIM Dimensions
During World War 2, French engineer Pierre Bézier was sitting in prison and thinking about curves when he got the big idea that would eventually lay the foundations…
Collaborating with humans – Simple steps to improve results!
As an owner of a complex physical asset, you’re relying on large numbers of humans to keep the asset productive and safe. Unfortunately for you, humans aren’t as…
Every galah in every pet shop is talking innovation
Innovation! We’re all looking for it, right? We’re seeking it out in every part of the business and it’s at the forefront of every strategy session. But, is…
Can’t see through to the end of your process?
Look, can you see it? Hold your head up! There is light at the end of your project. It’s not that far off too, it’s just that your…
How to make BIM powered Augmented Reality work for you today
Rejoice! Augmented Reality has come of age in 2017. This is great news for commissioning and completions because it’s now straightforward to harness the power of BIM and…
Here’s how to stop losing your project’s knowledge capital.
Whoever holds the information about all the assets, processes, and people involved in an asset, a facility or a project also holds all of the control over that…
Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas inspections done properly
Inspection Connect is designed to facilitate every conceivable type of inspection across maintenance, structural inspections and environmental inspections, but one area where Inspection Connect is increasingly being considered is for…
Harnessing the power of BIM
BIM (Building Information Modelling) is well entrenched in the early design phases of project life-cycles. This is because most of the CAD world has successfully migrated to BIM…
Work packs, Work Packaging and Job Cards! What are they?
Construction is as old as civilisation, and we’ve always been concerned about running projects efficiently. We can only wonder at the project management involved in dragging two-ton bluestones…