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(Digital Metrology Solutions: Columbus, IN) – Digital Metrology Solutions, provider of measurement software, consulting, and training, has introduced the TraceBoss software package for portable roughness gages.
“Most portable gages show you a roughness number or two and perhaps a small image of a…
(CESMII and SME: Los Angeles) -- Recognizing the urgent need to accelerate the adoption of smart manufacturing in the U.S., CESMII, (the Smart Manufacturing Institute) and SME (the Society of Manufacturing Engineers) are announcing the launch of the Smart Manufacturing Executive Council (SMEC).…
The phrase “supply chain” became part of the everyday vernacular during the pandemic, as supply chain issues seemed to affect everyone's life—from toilet paper to automotive components. Supply chain problems are well known to cause disruptions with product delivery, particularly in the complicated…
Everyone’s heard of it by now: “Quiet quitting” is the freshly coined phrase to describe the age-old behavior of not quite leaving one’s job entirely but rather opting to no longer go above and beyond. It’s service fatigue to the extreme, risking not just customer satisfaction but also staff…
Ask a smart home device for the weather forecast, and it takes several seconds to respond. One reason for this latency is that connected devices don’t have enough memory or power to store and run the enormous machine-learning models needed for the device to understand what a user is asking of it.…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is seeking candidates for the 2023 Baldrige Executive Fellows Program, a one-year, nationally recognized leadership development experience designed to facilitate dialogue on all aspects of leadership and how it relates to a…
(Eastern Applied Research: Lockport, NY) -- Eastern Applied Research, a complete source of x-ray fluorescence (XRF) service and support, has recently expanded its accreditations coverage. It now includes coverage under ISO 17034 in addition to the ISO/IEC 17025 that it has maintained for decades.…
The decade of the 2020s has given businesses—and the consumers who count on them—quite a ride. Neither tea leaves nor the best efforts of analysts could have predicted the impact that the one-two punch of a pandemic and roller-coaster economy would have on both markets and marketplaces.
Consumers…
When it comes to battery innovations, much attention gets paid to potential new chemistries and materials. Often overlooked is the importance of production processes for bringing down costs.
Now the MIT spinout 24M Technologies has simplified lithium-ion battery production with a new design that…
(Wittgas: Witten, Germany) -- Because leaky pharmaceutical packaging can endanger the shelf life and efficacy of packaged medicines, leak testing is a must. This can be easily and reliably done using Witt’s methylene blue test with the Leak-Master Easy.
As particularly sensitive products,…
(ISO: Geneva, Switzerland) -- To address global cybersecurity challenges and improve digital trust, ISO has published a new and improved version of ISO/IEC 27001. The world’s best-known standard on information security management helps organizations secure their information assets—vital in today’s…
One of the most awkward situations you can encounter in business is when someone goes from being a peer to being the boss. If you do a few things well, you can make the transition smoothly.
Life is full of awkward moments: the first kiss, an interview candidate having spinach stuck in their teeth…
An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than previously possible—potentially improving measurements of distance along with applications such as precision timing and atmospheric sensing.
The…
(Canon Medical Systems: Tustin, CA) -- Canon Medical Systems USA Inc., Video Sensing Division, announces the new chip-on-tip video borescope camera for inspection applications in extremely tight spaces. The new SV-2000 provides full-color, high-resolution video or still-image capture. Rugged and…
(Nikon Metrology: Leuven, Belgium) -- Nikon Industrial Metrology presents an exciting new metrology system for manufacturers seeking to measure the geometry of medium-to-large parts—from a car door, casting, or fabrication to a whole car chassis or airframe structure. APDIS Intelligent Quality (IQ…
The UK was supposed to be facing a spike in unemployment after the pandemic furlough schemes ended. But instead the job market is the tightest in a generation. Given that there are also more vacancies than active job seekers, and many sectors are struggling with skill shortages, you might expect to…
Taking advantage of a phenomenon known as emergent behavior in the microscale, MIT engineers have designed simple microparticles that can collectively generate complex behavior, much the same way that a colony of ants can dig tunnels or collect food.
Working together, the microparticles can…
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- With the significant rise in demand for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe in the wake of supply shortages from Russia, liquefication and export facilities in the Gulf must prioritize the reliability and regulatory compliance of LNG tanks that store large…
(Digital Twin Consortium: Boston) -- Digital Twin Consortium (DTC) has published a foundational paper entitled Assuring Trustworthiness in Dynamic Systems Using Digital Twins and Trust Vectors. The paper provides guidance to help organizations design digital twins securely and safely for digital…
When Nico asked me if I wanted to collaborate on this year’s challenges blog, my second thought after agreeing to the idea was a scene from the 2007 film Music and Lyrics, which I likely haven’t seen since approximately 2008.
Why this popped into my head is unknown, but ha—pop! I had forgotten…
When Nico asked me if I wanted to collaborate on this year’s challenges blog, my second thought after agreeing to the idea was a scene from the 2007 film Music and Lyrics, which I likely haven’t seen since approximately 2008.
Why this popped into my head is unknown, but ha—pop! I had forgotten…
While traditional image processing software relies on task-specific algorithms, deep learning software uses a network to implement user-trained algorithms to recognize good and bad images or regions.
Fortunately, the advent of specialized algorithms and graphical user interface (GUI) tools for…
Patagonia, the sportswear brand, made headlines this summer when its founder and CEO, Yvon Chouinard, announced his intention to effectively give away the multibillion dollar business instead of selling it.
Chouinard, a famously “reluctant” entrepreneur, detailed his decision to an astonished…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Technical language processing, or TLP, involves using computers for capturing, understanding and translating jargon for other users.
Industry and businesses have long been known to have their own specialized “languages”—words and phrases that mostly only make sense to…
(CONEXPO-CON/AGG: Milwaukee) -- Sustainability in the construction industry is being advanced by the public and private sectors. Governments are adopting more clean-air regulations at local and regional levels, and companies are adopting sustainability policies and asking partners to help them meet…
