(Makino: Auburn Hills, MI) -- Makino’s 2011 Advanced Manufacturing and High-Precision Technology Expo is scheduled for Oct. 12–13 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the company’s technology center in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Written by actual Toyota team members, One Team on All Levels: Stories from Toyota Team Members, Second Edition, (CRC Press, 2011) is not another technical explanation of th

(JIIA: Tokyo) -- At an international standards meeting held in May 2011 in conjunction with the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) Business Conference, business leaders and technical experts within the European machine-vi

(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global nonprofit association of 22,000 pharmaceutical professionals who use expert knowledge to create high-quality, cost-effective good manufacturing practices (GMP) solutions, will offer six traini

(The Conference Board: New York) -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had improved slightly in July 2011, plummeted in August. The index now stands at 44.5 (1,985 = 100), down from 59.2 in July. The Present Situation Index decreased to 33.3 from 35.7.

It’s not often that someone can claim that going from a positive to a negative is a step forward, but that’s the case for a team of scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and private industry.

To avoid confusion, the term “headhunter” in this article does not refer to those who take the severed head of others as some sort of trophy (that practice, as far as I know, is defunct); nor does it refer to finding, at a price, qualified candidates for employment.

This month we’re challenging readers to create quality poems in the three-line haiku format. The first line should be five syllables, the second line seven syllables, and the third line five syllables for a total of 17:

(SICK: Minneapolis) -- SICK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, has launched its DDS36 and DDS50

The human mind is currently the most intelligent device you will ever own. However, have you ever noticed how it has a filtering system? For example, do you remember the uneventful drive to the office this morning?