http://www.measurementblog.com Measurement devices, measurement education & measuring Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:55:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4259 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/educating-the-isa/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/educating-the-isa/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:51:45 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=443 Southampton PA, USA –  Some of you know me personally and know that I have been reasonably active in the ISA (the International Society of Automation nee the Instrument Society of America) for many years. So many years, in fact that I managed to qualify as a Life Member a few years ago (That means [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/educating-the-isa/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/measuring-impact-of-bp-spill-oil-loss/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/measuring-impact-of-bp-spill-oil-loss/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:29:22 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=421 A University of Delaware Professor’s Comparison: How Does it Affect the Rest of the USA? Professor James J. Corbett works on energy and environmental solutions for transportation in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at the University of Delaware. You can view the video on YouTube.com, if you wish, at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=48jS2kZvsEw Visit the UD [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/measuring-impact-of-bp-spill-oil-loss/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/gulf-oil-spill-forecasts-actual/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/gulf-oil-spill-forecasts-actual/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:42:14 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=407 Since the Gulf Oil Spill began nearly two months ago there has been an information overload in ever media outlet, including the web. The US Government Agencies responsible for different aspects of the spill have been hard at work using their resources to aid in understanding what’s going on and what is likely to occur [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/gulf-oil-spill-forecasts-actual/feed/ 2 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/smashing-things-too-tiny-to-see/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/smashing-things-too-tiny-to-see/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:57:48 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=373 Everything you ever wanted to know about particle smashers (but were afraid to ask) By John Timmer on arstechnia.com is a gem, in MHO, well worth reading to get an overview of the “business” and science involved in Particle Physics. Visit to learn a thing or three at: arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/03/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-particle-smashers.ars It covers such topics as “Why [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/smashing-things-too-tiny-to-see/feed/ 1 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/solar-for-water/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/solar-for-water/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:24:46 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=297 New solar-powered water purification method shown during the G20 meetings in Pittsburgh “Inexpensive solar-powered water purification promoted” A solar-powered water purification system demonstrated on Wednesday by a New Castle (PA) company on the eve of the Group of 20 summit could combat a growing world health crisis: access to clean water. “Our vision is to [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/solar-for-water/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/station-module-named-tranquility-to-honor-apollo-11-not-colbert-but/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/station-module-named-tranquility-to-honor-apollo-11-not-colbert-but/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:45:20 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=271 Announcement on ‘Colbert Report,’ Treadmill Named C.O.L.B.E.R.T. Official patch for “C.O.L.B.E.R.T.,” the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NASA (See our earlier article: Naming Colbert or Not) The International Space Station module formerly known as Node 3 has a new name. After receiving more than a million responses in [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/station-module-named-tranquility-to-honor-apollo-11-not-colbert-but/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/naming-colbert-or-not/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/naming-colbert-or-not/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:04:20 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=250 Just learned that Stephen Colbert, the TV satarist/comic, has a bunch of votes on the NASA website to name a new component, Node 3, of the Space Station after him, i.e. colbert. As he said on the Today Show, today:”Why not?”. It’s not exactly a measurement or measurement education topic, but it fits the Deming [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/naming-colbert-or-not/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/from-digital-isolation-to-global-inclusion/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/from-digital-isolation-to-global-inclusion/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:24:55 +0000 Ray http://measurementblog.com/?p=127 CyberLearning Educational Society, NGO arm of www.cyberlearningindia.com, in association with Rotary Club of New Delhi. Successfully concluded a pilot program to bridge the digital divide amongst students from disadvantaged families. This significant pilot was aimed at schools adopted by Rotary Club of New Delhi. In the last decade, the information age revolution has brought India [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/from-digital-isolation-to-global-inclusion/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/the-night-sky-209-methane-on-mars/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/the-night-sky-209-methane-on-mars/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:37:08 +0000 Ray http://www.measurementblog.com/?p=204 Here’s a little change of pace from the relative “dryness” of measurement tips & practices. It’s something I missed and has some interesting results from measurements made at a very long distance! Click to see larger-1280×760 px- image- Image by NASA By accident I saw a link to a webpage on Twitter with the title [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/the-night-sky-209-methane-on-mars/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/research-%e2%80%93-measurement-%e2%80%93-testing/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/research-%e2%80%93-measurement-%e2%80%93-testing/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:12:15 +0000 Ray http://measurementblog.com/?p=128 While following a web lead the other day I found these most interesting measurement publications on sale at the PTB web site in Germany. Here’s some of the text and an image from their pages. Monograph series of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig, Germany – The monograph series serves to present subjects which ensue from, [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/research-%e2%80%93-measurement-%e2%80%93-testing/feed/ 1