A New Gold Standard for Measuring Industrial Materials
Wed, 05/17/2017 - 16:29
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have produced and precisely measured a spectrum of X-rays using a new, state-of-the-art machine. The instrument they used to measure the X-rays took 20 years to develop, and… NIST, Partners ‘Cutting the Cord’ From Factory Communication NetworksUnderstanding how RF platforms work in industrial settings
Tue, 03/07/2017 - 12:01
Providing wireless communications in a factory, plant, or other industrial environment these days means more than just helping employees talk with each other while they work. By eliminating physical connections such as wires and cables from a… African-American History Month: From Shortstop to SpreadsheetsVernon Dantzler wrote one of the earliest spreadsheet programs
Thu, 02/23/2017 - 12:02
To any of his sports-fan colleagues, NIST mathematician and computer programmer Vernon Dantzler might have been somewhat of a celebrity. Dantzler had been a professional baseball player, and a star shortstop in the Texas circuit of the Negro… NIST Announces the 2017 Baldrige Examiner Training ExperienceLearn the same methods and techniques used by examiners; network with examiners and Baldrige staff members
Wed, 02/22/2017 - 12:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is offering (for a fee) a limited number of seats for their 2017 examiner training course through its Baldrige Examiner Training Experience (BETE) program. BETE attendees learn… New Standard Helps Optical Trackers Follow Moving Objects Precisely Provides a set of metrics and procedure to assess how well trackers work in any situation
Wed, 12/14/2016 - 10:37
Throwing a perfect strike in virtual bowling doesn’t require your gaming system to precisely track the position and orientation of your swinging arm. But if you’re operating a robotic forklift around a factory, manipulating a mechanical arm on an… NIST Guide Helps Small Businesses Improve Cybersecurity Explains basic steps businesses can take to better protect their information systems
Wed, 11/30/2016 - 17:45
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Small-business owners may think that they are too small to be victims of cyber-hackers, but Pat Toth knows otherwise. Toth leads outreach efforts to small businesses on cybersecurity at the National Institute of… Four U.S. Organizations Receive Nation’s Highest Honor for Performance Excellence 2016 Baldrige Award goes to small businesses and healthcare providers
Fri, 11/18/2016 - 00:00
The U.S. Commerce Secretary, Penny Pritzker, has named four organizations as the 2016 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for sustainable excellence through visionary leadership,… NIST Unveils Forensic Technique to Measure Mechanical Properties of Evidence
Thu, 11/17/2016 - 10:33
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- You may have seen it on CSI: The star examines hair from a crime scene and concludes its color or texture looks like the defendant’s hair, or maybe his dog’s. Case closed.
But looks can be deceiving, as well as vague… Anthrax Detector, 3D Endoscope Among Highlights of NIST Tech Transfer ReportTurning research into consumer products
Wed, 11/16/2016 - 15:55
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer, Fiscal Year 2014, Summary Report to the President and Congress. Including both quantitative and qualitative measures of effectiveness… Meet Bob, PML’s Second ‘Primary’ Coordinate Measuring MachineNIST’s overworked calibration tool gets a brother
Tue, 11/08/2016 - 15:46
Until recently, if a company wanted the best measurements in the world for the physical dimensions of one of its dimensional standards, it had to book time on the NIST Physical Measurement Laboratory’s (PML) Moore M48 coordinate measuring machine (…
