Collaborate Disseminate
When you want to measure the length, breadth, or depth of an object, there are plenty of instruments for the job. You can start with a tape measure, move up …read more Continue reading Laser and Webcam Team Up for Micron-Resolution Flatness Measurements
When you’re a machinist, your stock in trade is precision, with measurements in the thousandths of your preferred unit being common. But when you’re a diemaker, your precision game needs …read more Continue reading Metric and Inch Threads Fight it Out for Ultra-Precise Positioning
Join us on Wednesday, June 23 at noon Pacific for the Microscopy Hack Chat with Zachary Tong! There was a time when electronics was very much a hobby that existed …read more Continue reading Microscopy Hack Chat with Zachary Tong
If you’ve ever played air hockey, you know how the tiny jets of air shooting up from the pinholes in the playing surface reduce friction with the puck. But what if you turned that upside down? What if the puck had holes that shot the air downward? We’re not sure …read more
Continue reading Used EDM Electrodes Repurposed as Air Bearings for Precision Machine Tools
The U.S. Department of Justice has jumped into the fray between Micron Technology, companies located in Taiwan and China and three individuals with the release of a grand jury indictment. Readers may recall in February we wrote about Micron’s ef… Continue reading DoJ Jumps into the Micron Intellectual Property Theft Fray