When coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) first came on the scene in the 1960s and 1970s, parts and work pieces were measured by well-trained inspectors in clean rooms and labs far from the shop-floor hubbub.

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Played out on a computer over hundreds of generations, a survival-of-the-fittest programming method adapted by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers has spawned, of all things, the design for a more efficient rooftop air-conditionin