Customers, as we all know, are a fickle bunch. Considering how customer loyalty is far from abundant these days, there are many ways to lose a customer, but the biggest turn-off for today’s consumers ...

Retailers are striving to make 2024 the year for frictionless shopping. To do that, they must incorporate the latest technologies that people need to do their jobs without interrupting any lines of ...

(Nanowerk News) Mechanical systems in which moving parts come into regular contact are prone to damage due to the effects of friction. Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a contact control ...

If you’re a retailer thinking about how to best use technologies such as AI, computer vision and analytics, I encourage you to pause for moment to consider something else first: friction. Today’s ...

1.1 What is friction? Take this everyday example: when a coffee mug rests on a flat table, the kinetic frictional force is zero. There is no force trying to move the mug across the table, so there is ...

When I began my career in the pro-audiovisual industry two and a half decades ago, innovation was steady but slow. New AV solutions were conceived, developed, launched and matured over several years.

As a manager, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day grind of fixing processes, eliminating bottlenecks, and streamlining workflows. We focus on reducing friction—the things that get in the way ...

PHILADELPHIA –- A research team led by a University of Pennsylvania mechanical engineer has discovered that friction between two sliding bodies can be reduced at the molecular, or nanoscale, level by ...

Manufacturing buyers have evolved from legacy sales channels of personal sales networks and trade shows to doing the vast majority of their research online before they even talk to a prospective ...

Friction and wear pose enormous challenges to 21st Century mechanical and electromechanical systems. By one estimate, 6% of the gross national product is wasted through its impact. Tribology is the ...