(ANSI: Washington, DC) -- Clean, potable water is a basic life necessity many of us take for granted. Yet around the world, 783 million people have no regular access to safe drinking water, and 2.5 billion people live without proper sanitation.

(Georgia Tech: Atlanta) -- Learn about the evolution of lean from the factory floor to human development at Georgia Tech’s annual Lean Consortium. This year’s event, “Respect for the People,” will be held May 10, 2012, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. EDT at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway.

(Laser Design: Minneapolis, MN) -- Laser Design Inc., the leading supplier of 3D laser scanners for more than 25 years, has released its inspection-grade 3-D scanning system, the SURVEYOR Auto Gage 3D.

(AMT: McLean, VA) -- February U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $444.06 million, according to AMT, The Association for Manufacturing Technology.

Physicists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU), have demonstrated a novel “superradiant” laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than

During the 1940s, it was commonplace for boys, during their formative years, to spend their days girl-free. In fact, my pals and I zealously maintained girl-free territories so that our game playing, bike rides, and hours of comic book reading were devoid of girls.

(Toyota USA: Torrance, CA) -- Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing, North America (TEMA), has announced that the company will hire approximately 150 engineers, technicians, advanced researchers, and scientists by the end of 2012.

(The Joint Commission: Oakbrook Terrace, IL) -- The Joint Commission enterprise has launched a health care-associated infections (HAI) electronic portal that provides a wealth of HAI resources.

(Steinbichler: Plymouth, MI) -- Steinbichler, a global supplier of optical measuring and sensor technology, will present two new products at the CONTROL 2012 trade fair (hall 5 stand 5304) held May 8–11, 2012.

(Instron: Norwood, MA) -- Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, has launched BioBox, a controlled air environment ideally designed for testing of large or long medical devices at body temperature.