In one of my recent projects, we were able to experience a scary-but-beautiful lesson on the topic of "separating problem and solution space." I would like to share this experience with you: For controlling a motor and two brakes, ...

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04/15/2019

Reliable systems are of enormous importance to all of us across all industries. Whether in medical technology, the automotive industry, aviation, rail, or even the process industry – we rely on technical systems every day – we call this "reliability." ...

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Mistakes are unavoidable – that sounds unpleasant, but it isn't necessarily so. With good error management, we create a conscious approach to dealing with errors: The particularly nasty ones are prevented, some can be intercepted, and non-critical ones can even be allowed. ...

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04/23/2016

Lately, there has been a growing amount of bad news regarding the intrusion of information technology (IT) into hospitals and medical devices. After servers, routers, and cars, an anesthesia machine was also hacked. And hospital staff have ...

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