August 15, 2008 Reynold Dodson, President of BitFlow, Inc., has replaced Tony Iglesias from National Instruments, as Vice-Chair for Camera Link® Committee, which is made up of industry representatives responsible for continuing development of standard. It is industry's goal to ensure that all Camera Link® components on market have been tested and certified to communicate seamlessly with each other not only now, but also down the road, allowing for truly interoperable solutions.

August 15, 2008 Scheduled for Jan 24-28, 2009 at Palm Springs Convention Center, LabAutomation2009 will offer knowledge-sharing across range of scientific disciplines and industries, including drug discovery and development, clinical diagnostics, forensics and security, and energy generation and petrochemicals. Educational program will focus on detection and separation, micro- and nanotechnologies, high-throughput technologies, informatics, and new frontiers for LabAutomation: Agriculture and Food.

August 15, 2008 During LabAutomation2009 conference and exhibition, scheduled for Jan 24-28 at Palm Springs Convention Center, ALA will employ text messaging methodology to communicate to all conference participants in instances of emergency only. Attendees will have option to participate by adding their mobile telephone number during automated, online registration process.

August 14, 2008 In briefing to President Bush, Dyke Messinger, president of Power Curbers, Inc. and Executive Committee member of NAM Board of Directors, stated that U.S. manufacturing sector consumes 1/3 of all energy in country. More than any other sector of U.S. economy, manufacturing is squeezed between rising costs and inability to pass those costs on to customers. Investment in and development of domestic sources of energy will be critical to meeting country's energy demands.

August 14, 2008 Scheduled for Sept 30 to Oct 2, 2008, International Conference for Vision Guided Robotics will bring together experienced industry leaders to share their successes using vision guided robotics technologies. Various topics will include part loading/unloading from automotive racks, automated pharmacy applications, vision and automation concepts for military use, and vision guided robotics in packaging, food, and aerospace industries.

August 14, 2008 Scheduled for Sept 21-25, IPC Midwest Conference and Exhibition will bring together experts from around the world involved in design, electronics assembly, and PCB manufacturing to cover critical issues facing electronic interconnect industries. Technical conference and professional development courses range from latest research in lead-free technologies to updates in design, PCB fabrication, and assembly processes, to learned discussions on supply chain and business issues.

August 14, 2008 Scheduled for Sept 10-12 in Vancouver, Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy will bring together research scientists and international officials to explore biotechnology's potential to create advanced biofuels that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Chris Somerville will discuss Energy Biosciences Institute's program of research into low-carbon biofuels, and Don O'Connor, president of (S&T)² Consultants Inc., will discuss bioenergy activity in Canada.

August 14, 2008 According to USDA's NASS August Crop Production Report, U.S. farmers are on pace to produce second largest corn crop and 4th largest soybean crop in history. Soybean production is forecast at 2.97 billion bushels, up 15% from last year, and corn yields are expected to average 155 bushels per acre, up 3.9 bushels from last year. Plant biotechnology helps contribute to crop yield increases, allowing farmers to meet growing demand for food, feed, and fuel.

August 14, 2008 Sponsored by AASHTO, AAA, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, competition honored transportation projects from Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Reconstruction of 2 Mississippi bridges destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, replacement of Woodrow Wilson Bridge over Potomac River connecting Maryland and Virginia, and one of country's first Green rest areas are among projects that won America's Transportation Award.

August 14, 2008 Ten signature transportation projects that reflect best in management and innovation by state departments of transportation were named as finalists for America's Transportation Award and will now compete for Grand National Prize and People's Choice Award. Competition is cosponsored by AAA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and AASHTO to bring public attention to transportation projects around the country that make positive difference to people, businesses, and communities.

August 13, 2008 Scheduled for March 23-26, 2009, International Laser Safety Conference will address all aspects of laser safety, from instruction on practical activities of Laser Safety Officers to scientific research supporting establishment of safe exposure limits. Conference will also include 2-day Laser Safety Practical Applications Seminar for Laser Safety Officers. Participants will be involved in interactive workshops, panel discussions, and hot topics addressing common safety issues.

August 13, 2008 According to AMT and AMTDA, June U.S. manufacturing technology consumption totaled $360.43 million, which was level with May and up 2.0% from total of $353.40 million reported for June 2007. With year-to-date total of $2,318.34 million, 2008 is up 15.3% compared with 2007. These numbers and all data in report are based on totals of actual data reported by companies participating in United States Manufacturing Technology Consumption program.

August 13, 2008 Comprised of members from ISO, IEC, and ITU, Joint Video Team Standards Committee has been chosen to receive Emmy Award for work on High Profile capability for MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding, also known as H.264. MPEG-4 AVC gives guidelines for video compression at high quality, with bit rates that are much lower than those of previous standards. High Profile capability is applicable to broadcast and disc storage applications, particularly for HDTV applications.

August 13, 2008 An American National Standard from ANSI member, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, ensures that household coffee makers perform consistently and safely. ANSI/AHAM CM-1-2007, Method for Measuring Performance of Household Coffee Makers, guides measurement of specified product characteristics, facilitating comparison and evaluation of different brands and models. No matter what brewing technology used, quality and consistency of coffee is ensured by standards developed by ISO.

August 13, 2008 Published by ISO, 7th edition of ISO 4217:2008 specifies structure for unique 3-letter alphabetic codes and equivalent 3-digit numeric codes that represent global currencies and funds. Standard also contains table of fund codes registered with maintenance agency, table of codes giving historic denominations of currencies, and annex of information to be provided by those wishing to apply for issue of new codes, amendments, and deletions.

August 13, 2008 Published by IEC, 2nd edition of IEC 60751 defines minimum quality requirements for resistors or thermometers for temperature range of -200 to 850°C. Standard also defines relationship between temperature and electrical resistance of thermometer, allowing for replacement of sensors independent of manufacturer. In this version, number of tolerance classes has been increased to 4, and tolerance classes are given separately for wire-wound resistors, film resistors, and thermometers.

August 13, 2008 To help manufacturers make sense of data, SME is bringing experts in RFID and other automated data collection technologies to Manufacturing Data Management Conference, November 11-12, 2008, at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, Boeing, and others will share their best practices. By learning from leaders like Wal-Mart, manufacturers can develop their own processes for increasing productivity, controlling inventory, and managing supply chains.

August 13, 2008 According to Commerce Department's trade numbers, U.S. exports of manufactured goods are accelerating their growth pace and are among strongest parts of trade picture. June manufactured goods exports were 17.4% higher than 1 year ago and are growing at more than twice as fast as imports of manufactured goods. June's manufactured goods trade deficit was 9% lower than it was 1 year ago.

August 12, 2008 IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries® will offer a 3-day HDI Technology Conference: Building the Supply Chain Infrastructure, October 6-8, 2008 in Dallas. The conference will lay the groundwork for competing in the growing HDI market, addressing HDI technology as it relates to all aspects of the supply chain. Keynote addresses will be given by Matt Holzmann and Roberto Tulman and the 2½-day conference will be divided into 4 phases following the implementation program.

August 12, 2008 Scheduled for Aug 19-21, 2008, Intel Developer Forum will include STA's "SAS ROCKS" static display exhibiting various Serial Attached SCSI products from 3ware, Adaptec, Finisar, Fujitsu CPA, LSI, LeCroy, PMC-Sierra, Seagate, and Xyratex. Products will include RAID controllers, protocol analyzer/tester, hard disk drives, RAID adapters, SAS/SATA test system, and SAS storage arrays.