Head of the Institute of Manufacturing’s (IfM) Distributed Information and Automation Laboratory (DIAL), Professor Duncan McFarlane, is a pioneer of the internet of things (IoT) and was part of the research team that coined the term "internet of things" 20 years ago.
Today he and his research team are working with multinational companies to help transform their processes and supply chains by extending IoT technologies to the industrial IoT (IIoT). In this webinar Professor McFarlane provides an introduction to the IoT and the IIoT and the opportunities and challenges facing the manufacturing industry.
