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Nanotechnology Gets Standardized Vocabulary
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 22:00
A private standards-developing organization recently published the first known consensus-based standard defining a common technical language for nanotechnology. ASTM International’s ASTM E2456-06, “Standard terminology relating to… SCC To Celebrate Anniversary
Tue, 09/13/2005 - 22:00
The Standards Council of Canada will simultaneously commemorate its 35th anniversary and World Standards Day next month. SCC will host a special event on World Standards Day, Oct. 14, which will include commemorative speeches, several workshop… SignalFire Launches AirQ Scout-LCDThe future of wireless gas emissions monitoring
Thu, 06/04/2026 - 12:02
(SignalFire: Marlborough, MA) -- SignalFire has released its new AirQ Scout-LCD 900 MHz wireless gas detection system.
Following the successful launch of the AirQ Scout in June 2025, customers requested a solution with local indication and visual… U.S. Standards Groups Adopt Personnel Certification Scheme
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The American National Standards Institute and ASTM International recently adopted a new standard for personnel certification. ISO/IEC 17024, General requirements for bodies operating certification schemes of persons addresses the need for… New ISO Standard Addresses Tire Failures
Tue, 04/11/2006 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization recently published a new standard for tire-pressure early warning devices. ISO 21750:2006, “Road vehicles—Safety enhancements in conjunction with the tyre inflation pressure monitoring,”… New Product for IEEE 1641 Signal Definition Standard
Tue, 03/08/2005 - 22:00
Racal Instruments Inc. recently released newWave, a software toolset designed to facilitate compliance to the new signal definition standard, IEEE 1641. Developed to assist software and test developers use and implement the new standard, newWave… Hockey Standards Protect the Players and Guide the Game
Tue, 06/07/2005 - 22:00
Although there will be no professional hockey season this year, standards-developing organizations are hard at work developing rules that protect hockey players from injury. U.S. hockey rules require players to wear hockey helmets that meet… Additive Manufacturing Standards Report Tracks Gaps in IndustryAmerica Makes and ANSI publish update on standards shaping safer, more consistent additive manufacturing
Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:02
(America Makes: Youngstown, OH; ANSI: New York) -- America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have published the April 2026 Gaps Progress Report from the Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC), which they… ISO Tightens Restrictions on Misleading Endorsements
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has ruled that several Web addresses violate the trademark rules of the International Organization for Standardization. Announcing that they could… Jacques Régis assumes Presidency of the International Electrotechnical Commission
Tue, 01/08/2008 - 22:00
(Standards Council of Canada: Ottawa) -- The Standards Council of Canada has announced that Jacques Régis has began his three-year term as president of the International Electrotechnical Commission. Régis, who becomes IEC’s 32nd president and…