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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Italy World Leader In Mechatronics

Explore Italy's cutting edge and excellent industrial side in an essay titled The Italian Edge: Technology For Excellence . 114 pages and worth a read. 

More here at The Italian Edge.

The positions claimed in the essay is why I began this blog. When you say engineering you think German, Japanese and American. You may even think British and to a lesser extent French. But Italian, or the Italy brand, is every bit the equal of those great engineering societies. Italy has a long and proud historical legacy in technology and it's no surprise they are key players in this area.

Mechatronics  is a design process (begun in Japan) that includes a combination of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering and computer engineering. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is to say, it rejects splitting engineering into separate disciplines. 

If you would like a copy of the book please go here.


I will getting myself a copy.

U-Boat Continues Italian Tradition Of Producing Beauty



 In March I bought a U-Boat limited edition watch.

The Italian watchmaker has recently unveiled its first motorcycle.

And it's a looker. Sorry about the quality of the pic. Click on link to visit U-Boat page.