Painter Bob Ross taught us that “happy accidents” can make beautiful art. Happy accidents also happen in science when experiments take research in unexpected directions. One dramatic example is Sir Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin.

Four years ago, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Cyrus Daugherty developed an algorithm to virtually unroll the tightly wrapped layers of a cylindrical lithium-ion battery.

Highly reflective metallic surfaces are among the most challenging inspection targets in machine vision.

A measurement isn’t only a number. It’s a number obtained by an instrument in a physical state.

Finding something underground is one thing. Giving a project team information they can actually use is another.

For decades, reverse engineering was a tool reserved for large manufacturers.

When doctors need to deliver precise doses of medicine on a strict schedule, they often administer it intravenously. Intravenous drug delivery methods need to carefully control the flow of medicine into a patient.

Quality control processes are never about single-inspection scenarios—and yet most inspection systems are.

In the world of mining, structural collapse is a worst-case scenario. Whenever ground gives way, it puts miners at risk—and it often leads to site closure.

I’ve written many times about how air gauging allows you to measure many jobs faster, more conveniently, and more accurately than other gauging methods.