We’ve all heard the saying that “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Inspirational advice. But on the other hand, performing the same function repeatedly — while expecting different results every time — might just indicate insanity. And many mechanical/HVAC engineers are doing just that in their approaches to airflow.…
When the Wall Street Journal recently wrote about efficiency improvements, we at Syska Innovations applauded (silently). We were already well on our way with our own efforts to promote efficiencies: Our approach is an intelligent automation process called Robotic Process Automation (RPA).…
Have electronically commutated (EC) fans become the AEC industry’s toilet paper? There have been runs on the stores for two years now. People fortunate to get their hands on large EC fans are stocking up.…
One innovation that is having an enormous impact on the A/E/C industry is the virtual machine. A virtual machine (VM) is essentially a software-based representation of a physical machine, but a VM can run its own operating systems (OS) and applications. Consequently, users can consolidate many small workloads onto fewer, more powerful machines.…
So for all you business buffs and Jim Collins fans out there: Built to Last and Good to Great are excellent reads. Interestingly, there is very little coverage of businesses in the architectural and engineering community, probably because not many are public. (Side note: Of the 30+ companies profiled in those books, only five turned out to be “ex…
ChatGPT is both fun and horrifying at the same time. Some artificial intelligence leaders believe this is the start of a fundamental altering of our society/culture for the positive. They envision robots/computers doing everything and humans just enjoying themselves. Others believe this is the beginning of a War Games 2030 version in which AI takes…
