Use a Scorecard to Evaluate People More Fairly
Like most of us, lawyers think they can be impartial when they rate other people’s work. “They say, ‘Who writes a brief doesn’t matter.
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Enersight Software Platform Enables Streamlined Inspection
(Leica Microsystems: Wetzlar, Germany) -- Leica Microsystems has launched Enersight, an intuitive new software platform for microscope inspection and quality control. The software is designed to simplify and streamline the entire inspection and documentation workflow for a broad user group.
An MES Designed for the Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing
(Critical Manufacturing: Porto, Portugal) -- At this year’s SEMICON Europa, Critical Manufacturing will be highlighting its advanced semiconductor MES capabilities.
Handing the Surgeon’s Scalpel to a Robot
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Courtesy of Axel Krieger and Jin Yang
In 2004, the United States’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) dangled a $1 million prize for any group that could design an autonomous car that could drive itself through 142 miles of rough terrain from Barstow, California, to Primm, Nevada.
Like a Swarm of Bees, These Drones Can 3D Print Structures While in Flight
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Credit: University College London, Department of Computer Science/Dr. Vijay M. Pawar & Robert Stuart-Smith, Autonomous Manufacturing Lab
I admit, if I see a beehive, I back away. But part of me is also fascinated. Beehives are a remarkable feat of engineering.
File Management System Protects Data and Facilitates Data-Security Compliance
(ProShop: Bellingham, WA) -- The ProShop Secure Access File Ecosystem (SAFE) from ProShop ERP will be a secure, innovative, cloud-based ERP file-management system that enables companies to achieve multidimensional, roll- and user-based data security compliance to multiple standards such as NIST 8
Teledyne DALSA Introduces Contact Image Sensors
(Teledyne DALSA: Waterloo, ON, Canada) -- Teledyne DALSA, a division of Teledyne Imaging, has announced AxCIS, a new family of high-speed and high-resolution, fully integrated line-scan imaging modules.
Fulfillment Folly
We live in a rural area, and many of our nonconsumables are purchased online. We’re deceivingly spoiled living near an Amazon fulfillment center because we can order an item on Saturday, and it arrives on Sunday.
Why NIST Is Putting Its CHIPS Into US Manufacturing
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Credit: B. Hayes/NIST
Right after the pandemic hit, I bought a new vacuum cleaner. I wanted to step up my housecleaning skills since I knew I’d be home a lot more. I was able to buy mine right away, but friends who wanted new appliances weren’t so lucky.
OGP Grows Multisensor CMM Lineup
Optical Gaging Products (OGP), a world-leading manufacturer of optical and precision multisensor metrology systems for industrial quality control, has added the FlexPoint 12-Series to its family of large-format multisensor coordinate measuring machines.