Metrology
BIPM/NIST
What would you do if a 240-kg iron rock older than the Earth landed outside your house?
While you ponder the many exciting possibilities, Replicad engineer Jaap Termeer has created a superrealistic digital twin of the meteorite. Such a scanning scenario is uncommon, even for 3D…
In various industries (or in your shop), there are numerous parts that make use of very small holes. A dozen examples could be listed, but the most common include aerosol cans, needles for delivering fluids and medicines, fuel-injection nozzles, and simple fixed restrictors used to control…
On paper, material testing looks like one of the most controlled and reliable parts of a construction project. Samples are collected, standardized procedures are followed, and results are documented with precision. Everything points toward certainty.
And yet, failures still happen…
Aircraft are routinely exposed to damage from bird strikes, lightning strikes, hailstorms, collisions with ground support equipment, or debris on the runway.
As fleets grow and skilled technicians become harder to find, airlines and maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities (…
Pottery is a metaphorical gold mine for archaeologists. Well-preserved ceramics offer a rare glimpse into the lives of past societies, their cultures, traditions, and how they expressed status. When analyzing such finds, stamps and inscriptions are often key.
This is certainly the…
Many of modern astronomy’s achievements can be traced back to relatively unknown women who painstakingly cataloged the stars in the early 1900s.
Called the Harvard Computers (because they performed calculations), these women combed through thousands of photographic plates of stars…
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