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From Frog Skin to Aircraft Skin
Everything in our man-made world (and most of the natural) has been measured. Why it’s measured, how it’s measured, and why we trust those measurements is what measurement science—metrology—is all about. In this series we travel the U.S. exploring how we measure everything from the mundane to the magnificent.
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Quality Digest Roadshow Preview
Join us as we travel across the United States visiting the workers and organizations making the newest and coolest things learning about the methods and tools they use.
What the %@$# Is Metrology?
What is metrology and why is it the secret science making the modern world possible?
What is Error Stacking and How Did It Destroy a $327 Million Spacecraft
Error stacking: boring name, super deadly
How Can a 70-year-old Workshop Cast-off Make 21st-century Corvettes Faster?
How does metrology transform a 1950s piece of gear into a tool to make 21st century Corvettes go faster?
What Does Defeating Imperial Japan Have to do with Bringing the Wizard of Oz to Las Vegas?
Why W. Edwards Deming was essential to defeating Imperial Japan in World War II and getting Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion to Oz.

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