My teenage education was (maybe) enhanced by substantial doses of Monty Python. Occasionally, I discover a lean metaphor somewhere within their body of work. One of my absolute favorite scenes is from the movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

The worst U.S. environmental disaster in history and a leading automaker beset by recalls: Was 2010 a year that we’d all like to forget?

The technology from which the laser tracker is drawn has a diversified beginning, from the laser instrumentation to the methods of capturing the beam.

(SICK: Minneapolis)--SICK, a global leader in the manufacture of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification solutions for factory and logistics automation, has announced the launch of its W9-3 photoelectric sensor, a high-performance sensor in an extremely tough plastic

(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) makes lab asset management easy.

(MVTec Software GmbH: Munich, Germany) -- MVTec Software GmbH is working closely with NVIDIA, a global leader in visual computing technologies, on developing a powerful new machine vision solution that dramatically improves the process of product inspection.

(Advanced Photonix: Ann Arbor, MI) -- Advanced Photonix Inc. (API) announces that its terahertz system, the T-Ray 4000, will be deployed on a factory line for quality and process control at a major manufacturer of extruded web products.

(GBMP: Boston) -- GBMP Inc.

(Electro Standards Laboratories: Cranston, RI) -- The CellMite Model 4337 Digital Signal Conditioner with a 16-character auto identifying display is ideal for use with strain gauge extensometers used to test steel or with other industrial testing applications.

I was a 30-year-old quality project manager on a continuous metal processing line. We coated metal for a broad range of consumer and industrial products.