AR and VR: Game-Changers for Industry?
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Apple’s Vision Pro announcement has sparked a renewed interest in the world of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).
Tiny Magnetic Beads Could Help to Quickly Detect Pathogens
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Image courtesy of the researchers
Getting blood test results can take anywhere from a day to a week, depending on what a test is targeting. The same goes for tests of water pollution and food contamination.
New NIST Measurements Aim to Advance Portable MRI Technology
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Credit: R. Jacobson/NIST
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines can
Solid Design Enterprises Case Study
Every CNC machine purchase begins with a need and the inspiration to grow.
NIST Demonstrates New ‘Primary Standard’ for Measuring Ultralow Pressures
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NIST researcher Dan Barker checks on the CAVS setup in the lab. Credit: NIST.
A vacuum chamber is never perfectly empty. A small number of atoms or molecules always remains, and measuring the tiny pressures they exert is critical.
Deriving the Success Run Theorem
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Credit: Mathieu Turle on Unsplash
The success run theorem is one of the most common statistical rationales for sample sizes used for attribute data.
Modernizing Food and Beverage Manufacturing
The food and beverage industry is currently growing at 8.7% and is projected to be worth $8.9 trillion by 2026, according to Research and Markets’ 2022 report on the global food and beverage market.
Measuring Up: Kibble Dynamic Force Reference
Static force, such as the weight of a person standing motionless on a bathroom scale or the force that an office full of equipment exerts on a high-rise floor, can be easily determined using scales, balances, load cells, and the like because static force doesn’t chan
First Article Inspections: What Engineers Need to Know
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Photo by Gavin Allanwood on Unsplash
It’s been a long and arduous road, but you’re almost ready for that first production run.
The Eye of the Beholder: How Lighting Affects Our Color Perception
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Yoshi Ohno’s lab helps determine how our eyes perceive color. Credit: R. Wilson/NIST
If you’ve ever tried on clothing at a store only to have it look completely different at home, you know how much our eyes depend on lighting to help us see colors.