NBA Lockout: A Look at the Statistics, Part One
Bah! The NBA makes me mad. Seriously, why can’t the basketball players and the execs resolve this current lockout? I want to have something to watch after football season is over.
NEi Announces Pre-Release of NEi Nastran v. 10.1
(NEi: Westminster, CA) -- NEi Software, a global leader in finite element analysis (FEA) software, has announced the pre-release of NEi Nastran V10.1.
Playing with Someone Better Than You
When you try to improve your athletic abilities (e.g., playing tennis, swimming), how do you go about it? There are quite a few options, including observing how those who are best-in-class perform.
Book: <em>It's All About the People</em>
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- By and large, cost-effective information technology (IT) management is more about people, personal relationships, and corporate culture than it is about the technology itself.
3-D Process Improves Form Accuracy of Diffractive Optics
(AMETEK: Paoli, PA) -- Two established leaders in ultraprecision manufacturing—Taylor Hobson and Precitech—both part of the Ultra Precision Technologies Division of AMETEK Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices
AIA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with China Machine Vision Union
(AIA: Ann Arbor, MI) -- The Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the world’s largest machine vision trade group with more than 300 member companies from 30 nations, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Machine Vision Union (CMVU), a recently formed trade association representi
Wahl Instruments Adds Black Body Calibration Sources to Product Line
(Palmer Wahl: Asheville, NC) -- Wahl Instruments Inc. has added a new product line to its test and calibration instruments catalog.
ISPE Releases Product Quality Lifecycle Implementation Series
(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has released Parts 1 and 2 of a new series of good practice guides on product quality lifecycle implementation (PQLI).
New SAL3D Version Released
(AQSENSE: Girona, Spain) -- The 3-D Shape Analysis Library (SAL3D) from AQSENSE, provider of tools and technology solutions for in-line and off-line measuring and inspection procedures, is a standard library for range maps and point-cloud acquisition and processing, fully oriented to 3-D machi
Steve Jobs: ‘Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish’
As most of us know, on Oct. 5, 2011, we lost Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. Amid all the reports of his life and death, one of his phrases stood out to me: “Stay hungry.
