(Pinpoint: Peabody, MA) -- Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing a multipurpose universal alignment kit to improve machinery alignment and enhance production efficiency.

(BSI: Reston, VA) -- BSI Group America Inc.

(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc, a leader in design and manufacturing of noncontact, laser, and ultrasonic measurement systems, has added ultrasonics to its popular BenchLinc benchtop inspection systems.

(SME: West Springfield, MA) -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) RAPID Conference and Exposition is North America’s definitive additive manufacturing event, held in conjunction with the 3D IMAGING Conference and Exposition.

Trace gas detection, the ability to detect a scant quantity of a particular molecule—a whiff of formaldehyde or a hint of acetone—in a vast sea of others, underlies many important applications, from medical tests to air pollution detectors to bomb sniffers.

“I hate you! I’m going to kill you tonight after you fall asleep,” screamed 9-year-old Jerry to his foster mother. It was hard to believe such hateful words could come from this adorable child with big blue eyes and an impish face.

Fact or fiction? Data acquired with 3-D scanning is inferior to that acquired via a touch probe and a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). This most certainly is fiction.