Every now and then an unexpected encounter with an unknown person can affect your thought processes and make you rethink your own mortality. Such an incident occurred several weeks ago at a Panera Bread store in Chesterfield, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

(IndustryPigeon: Wilmington, NC) -- IndustryPigeon Inc. has launched IndustryPigeon.com, a social trade network designed for industrial trade professionals.

I recently closed the doors of my own consulting company on the prairie in Minnesota and headed back into the wild, wacky, wonderful world of larger consulting groups, joining a group in Northern Virginia.

(FARO: Lake Mary, FL) -- FARO Technologies Inc., a global source for 3-D measurement technology, has released CAM2 Gage 2.2.

This past month API Services and New River Kinematics teamed up for a historic preservation project at St. Luke’s Church and Museum in Smithfield, Virginia.

(CMSC: Benbrook, TX) -- The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), the eminent membership association for measurement professionals, is hosting its third large-scale, interactive measurement study, as well as two other events at the

(ADCOLE: Marlborough, MA) -- A gauge that provides submicron accuracy, with fast unattended cycle times, for the manufacture and quality control of critical rotating components, is available from ADCOLE Corp., designer and manufacturer of high-accuracy measurement machines and components.

(Jossey-Bass: San Francisco) -- The Pin Drop Principle: Captivate, Influence, and Communicate Better Using the Time-Tested Methods of Professional Performers, by David

(Siemens: Plano, TX) -- Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a global provider of product life-cycle management (PLM) software and services, has introduced the Insight XT design data management solution, used to manage Solid Edge software CAD files

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and partner organizations of the federal interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) are sponsoring the second in a series of regional public workshops to gather ideas and suggestions on th