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(Thomson Industries: Downers Grove, IL)--Thomson Industries Inc., a leading manufacturer of linear motion control solutions, has announced the availability of an enhanced synchronization option for its Electrak HD smart electric linear actuator. The new iteration of this control option implements…
Donald J. Wheeler
In statistics class we learn that we can reduce the uncertainty in our estimates by using more and more data. This effect has been called the “law of large numbers” and is one of the primary ideas behind the various big data techniques that are becoming popular today. Here we’ll look at how the law…
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(Boeing: El Segundo, CA) -- Boeing has successfully delivered its ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites to content and network provider SES, advancing the company’s effort to provide global connectivity from space. The satellites, which feature Boeing’s fully software-defined payload technology to…
Zach Winn
Modern fighter jets contain hundreds or even thousands of sensors. Some of those sensors collect data every second, others every nanosecond. For the engineering teams building and testing those jets, all those data points are hugely valuable—if they can make sense of them.
Nominal is an advanced…
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(Omnex: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Omnex has announced its latest webinar, “Updates to ASPICE, Functional Safety, SOTIF & Product Cybersecurity.”
Date and time: July 22, 2025, 11 a.m. Eastern
Speakers: Brian Kozumplik, Chad Kymal, Juan Pimentel, and Nikhil Unnikrishnan
The key automotive e-mobility…
Quality Digest
(GARDCO: Columbia, MD) -- Paul N. Gardner USA—worldwide distributors, producers, and designers of quality physical and inspection instruments for the paint, coatings, and related industries—announces a new offering, the RTM Digital Micrometer with comprehensive RT Kit option.
Accurate surface…
Amy Knue
Health systems across the country are unknowingly paying multiple times for the same medical equipment—once to own it, and again to rent it. The issue isn’t always an increase in clinical demand; it’s often availability and visibility to medical device inventory. The cost of these unnecessary…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL: Oak Ridge, TN) -- Strengthening the competitiveness of the American transportation industry relies on developing domestically produced electric vehicle batteries that enable rapid charging and long-range performance. However, the energy density needed to extend driving distance can come at…
Christa Kuljian
Seven women were part of a trailblazing network of feminist scientists in the Boston area during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
Christa Kuljian is a science writer and historian of science who focuses much of her research on issues of science and society, gender, and race. She’s the author of two…
Quality Digest
(NPL: Teddington, England) -- Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory recently published findings on laser frequency stabilization, demonstrating an unprecedented level of performance using an optical reference cavity. This advancement features a beyond state-of-the-art optical storage time…
ISO
Gridlocked streets, honking horns, and polluted air—modern city life often feels like a daily battle against time and space. With half the world’s population projected to live in cities by 2050, the pressure on transport systems is reaching a breaking point. Long commutes steal hours from our day,…
Michael McDowell
As artificial intelligence takes off, how do we efficiently integrate it into our lives and our work? Bridging the gap between promise and practice, Jann Spiess, an associate professor of operations, information, and technology at Stanford Graduate School of Business, explores how algorithms can be…
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(Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) – Renishaw has collaborated with Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) to support groundbreaking research into additive manufacturing (AM) for novel aerospace materials. This collaboration is part of a Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund (DTIF) project led by mBryonics, a…
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(IDS: Obersulm, Germany) -- Whether it’s specific technical requirements, unusual environmental conditions, or the desire for a camera in a company’s own corporate design, standard products are often not enough to meet the diverse needs of modern industrial companies.
Not so with IDS Imaging…
Stephanie Ojeda
Spreadsheets are usually the first tool used to manage suppliers, and the first to become a liability. Important updates get buried. Repeat supplier problems start popping up. Along the way, you start to wonder whether that cheaper vendor is really saving you money in the long run.
The core…
Annie Wilson
More than half of the nation’s 623,218 bridges are showing significant deterioration. Through an in-field case study conducted in western Massachusetts, a team led by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst—in collaboration with researchers from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (…
Quality Digest
(Mahr: Providence, RI) -- It’s possible to measure roughness and contour features in just one pass with the new MarSurf SD 140 AG 11 surface measuring device from Mahr.
The heart of the MarSurf SD 140 AG 11 is the newly developed tactile touch probe. This can record the measured values for…
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(U.S. Army: Arlington, VA) -- Aluminum scrap is one of the most common materials found on military bases and aircraft carriers worldwide. Now, the U.S. Army has tapped Georgia Tech to help turn that waste into power that can be generated off the grid and on demand.
The Army Research Office…
Etienne Nichols
The corrective and preventive action (CAPA) process is one of the most important elements within a medtech company’s quality management system (QMS). The goal of the CAPA system is to identify, address, and prevent systemic issues that could compromise product safety, regulatory compliance, and the…
Kate Zabriskie
Ever had that moment when a project seemed crystal clear during a meeting, only to find out weeks later that everyone had completely different interpretations? It’s like playing a grown-up version of the “telephone” game where what starts as “We need this done by the end of the week” ends up being…
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(IBM: Armonk, NY) -- As enterprises scale AI agents across their organizations, IBM announces the industry’s first software to bring AI security and AI governance teams together and provide a unified view of enterprises’ risk posture.
The new capabilities enhance and integrate watsonx.governance …
Mike Figliuolo
Most days we walk through life unaware of the conversations occurring around us. And then there are those times you overhear a conversation that stops you dead in your tracks. You have to hit rewind in your brain and ask, “Did they actually just say that?”
Ever have one of those moments? Clearly,…
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(Shimadzu: Columbia, MD) -- Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) introduces the AUTOGRAPH AGS-V Series tabletop precision universal testing machines. Featuring a wide selection of load cell capacities, versatile control options, and compatible accessories, the AGS-V Series delivers dependable…
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber is a staple in aerospace and high-performance vehicles. Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to make it even stronger.
ORNL researchers simulated 5 million atoms to study a …
Quality Digest
(High QA: Hazlet, NJ) -- High QA, a leading provider of integrated manufacturing quality management software, has joined InnovMetric’s PolyWorks Digital Thread Program. This strategic partnership empowers manufacturers of all sizes to bridge the gap between 2D-inspection quality requirements…