(Carl Zeiss IMT: Maple Grove, MN) -- Carl Zeiss IMT Corp. opens new West Coast Tech Center in Irvine, California.

In much the same way the Works Progress Administration of the Great Depression put millions of Americans back to work, there is great hope that green jobs will do the same during these current tougher-than-ever economic times.

(ANSYS: Southpointe, PA) -- ANSYS Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, announces that software from ANSYS is helping transform the relentless forces of waves into electricity.

(Bodelin Technologies: Lake Oswego, OR) -- Bodelin Technologies, manufacturer of the ProScope HR (1.3 megapixel imager), the world’s first hand-held USB microscope, has begun shipping their new higher resolution ProScope HR2 (2 megapixel imager).

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- In a 2008 annual report, the Bahrain Directorate for Standards and Metrology (BSMD) outlines the success of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), an ASTM International outreach program, which was signed with ASTM International in 2008. 

(Brunson: Kansas City, MO) -- Every day, laser tracker operators risk their accuracy by using their SMR (spherically mounted retroreflector) targets with worn and damaged target holders (nests).

As moviegoers, we have all seen a wide range of animation—from early Disney features, such as “Snow White,” to Japanese anime, and Pixar’s “Toy Story,” to an assortment of recent blockbusters that seamlessly integrate animation with real actors.

Following my article on Leptokurtophobics (Do You Have Leptokurtophobia?) it was almost inevitable that we should hear from one.

(ISO: Geneva) -- The latest edition of ISO 9001, the world’s most widely used quality management standard, is included on a newly launched CD collection of the generic standards in the ISO 9000 family from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

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