Hardware & Industry 4.0

Technology that overlays digital information such as images, text, or 3D objects onto a live view of the real world.

Central Processing Unit: the main processor in a computer that executes program instructions and coordinates other components.

Technology that transmits data as pulses of light through thin strands of glass or plastic, enabling very high-speed communication.

Low-level software stored on a hardware device that controls how the device starts up and operates.

Graphics Processing Unit: a processor with thousands of small cores designed for parallel work, used for graphics and AI.

Technology that creates a sense of touch through vibrations, forces, or motions to give users physical feedback.

The network of physical devices, from home appliances to industrial sensors, that connect to the internet to collect and share data.

Light Detection and Ranging: a sensing method that measures distances with laser pulses to build detailed 3D maps of surroundings.

A network in which devices, or nodes, connect directly to multiple other nodes and relay data for each other.

A home or office Wi-Fi system that uses several linked access points to spread one strong, continuous wireless network across a whole space.

A loosely defined vision of persistent, shared virtual worlds where people interact, work, play, and trade using avatars.

The observation that the number of transistors on a computer chip roughly doubles about every two years.

A short-range wireless technology, known as NFC, that lets devices exchange data when held a few centimetres apart.

A specialized processor designed to run AI and machine learning tasks efficiently, often built into phones and laptops.

Organic Light-Emitting Diode: a display technology in which each pixel produces its own light, enabling deep blacks and thin, flexible screens.

A type of computing that uses quantum-mechanical effects such as superposition and entanglement to process information in new ways.