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Metrology
NIST Weighs In on the Mystery of the Gravitational Constant
NIST
The time had come to open the envelope. But Stephan Schlamminger, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), wasn’t sure he wanted to know the secret number that was inside. For the past 10 years, Schlamminger had spent most of his working hours trying to measure a single quantity, known as the universal gravitational constant, which determines the strength of…
Improvement Tools
9 Reasons You Should Write All the Time
Mike Figliuolo

I write. And I write a lot. Emails. Blog posts. Books. More books. Articles. Tweets. I’m surprised I don’t have full-on carpal tunnel syndrome. Writing is draining, laborious, frustrating, and tiring.

You should write too.

What? Mike, you just said a whole bunch of negative things about writing. Why are you telling me to write too?

Here are nine great reasons you…

Improvement Tools
Geomagic Freeform Is Built for Complexity but Simple to Use
Megan Wallin-Kerth, Kevin Atkins

Quality Digest interviewed Kevin Atkins, product manager for Geomagic Freeform at Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division. Atkins has more than 25 years of experience in 3D modeling and sculpting. His understanding of organic design not only helps in development and management of Geomagic’s products and services but also provides guidance to its practical applications. He took time to…

Manufacturing
Why Manufacturing Growth Depends on More Than Marketing
Douglas Longenecker

For a long time, manufacturers could afford to treat growth as a series of separate functions.

Marketing drove awareness. Sales handled relationships. Technical teams answered product questions. Operations focused on delivery. Quality ensured standards were met.

That separation is getting harder to sustain.

Today’s buyers are doing more of the work before a…

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You Don’t Have a Quality Policy Until You Live It
Hossein Lotfi
We use mission statements, leadership principles, and quality policies to define our culture and to…
Proposed US FY 2027 Budget as a Quality-System Shift
Maria DiBari
The FY 2027 White House budget proposal is not only a fiscal plan but a change in national quality…
Beyond the Plateau
Akhilesh Gulati
On a recent gemba walk, everything looked right. Large digital dashboards lined the production…
High Contrast, Low Risk: Black Marking for Medical Technology
Viola Kirk
With unique device identification (UDI) required under U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Why Data Security Alone Won’t Cut It for AI in Regulated Industries
Jake Walton
Nobody would get into a self-driving car simply because the door locks worked and the alarm system…
Women Who Measure the Universe and Chart the Skies
Quality Digest
When the Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) gathers for the 42nd annual conference this July in…
What Is an MCP Server?
Matt McFarlane
It can be surprisingly difficult for businesses to get accurate answers to questions about their…
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News
Mapping Molecular Markers of Physical Fitness
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- Patterns of molecular activity in the blood may hold clues not only to how…
Pudu Robotics Opens US Headquarters in Texas
(Pudu Robotics: Shenzhen, China ) -- On April 23, 2026, Pudu Robotics, a global leader in…
Self-Organizing ‘Pencil Beam’ Laser Could Help Scientists Design Brain-Targeted Therapies
(MIT: Cambridge, MA) -- MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that…
New Digital Cutting-Tool Reconditioning Portal Puts Customers Fully in Control
(Sandvik Coromant: Sandviken, Sweden) -- Metal cutting specialist and manufacturing solutions…
Hexagon Launches QUINDOS 2026.1
(Hexagon: Stockholm) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division releases QUINDOS 2026.1, the…
Physik Instrumente Highlights 2-Axis Piezo Scanning Stage
(Physik Instrumente: Shrewsbury, MA) -- Physik Instrumente (PI), a global leader in photonics and…
MasterControl Unveils AI-Powered Event Summarizer for Life Sciences
(MasterControl: Salt Lake City) -- MasterControl, a leading provider of quality and manufacturing…
11th Annual Virtual Configuration Life Cycle Management Summit
(Configit: Copenhagen) -- Configit, a global leader in configuration life cycle management (CLM),…
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