The international General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) has approved a plan to redefine four of the seven base units of the International System of Units (SI) in terms of fixed values of natural cons

Just the other day as I was perusing our local newspaper, an ad for a pizzeria caught my attention. Included was a fact unbeknownst to me: October evidently was National Pizza Month.

A lot has happened since computer-assisted metrology was invented.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- A must-read for all managers, leaders, and change agents, Performance Hubs: Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement, by Marc Robert

(SPS: Minneapolis, MN) -- SPS Commerce, a leading provider of on-demand supply-chain management solutions, has unveiled the Retail Universe, an online community

(Teledyne: Waterloo, ON) -- Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and a global leader in machine vision technology, has introduced its next-generation, user-programmable real-time image processing platform.

(Keyence: Osaka, Japan) -- The new VHX-1000 Digital Microscope from Keyence mixes high-performance digital microscopy with precision measurement.

(Geomagic: Morrisville, NC) -- Geomagic, the leading provider of 3-D software for creating and inspecting digital models of physical objects, today announced the release of its innovative 3-D imaging products: Geomagic Studio 2012, Geomagic Wrap 2012, Geomagic Qualify 2012, Geomagic Qualify

It was a dark and stormy evening as the graveyard shift started at Frankenstein’s Precision Parts. Tonight was the night: All of the parts for the Reanimation order were ready for inspection. The contracted inspector was due at midnight.