http://www.measurementblog.com Measurement devices, measurement education & measuring Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:03:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/JJ1M7VysbyA/ http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-basics/check-it-out/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:48:54 +0000 G R Peacock http://measurementblog.com/?p=147 This ninth essay in a series on Sensorsmag.com. It is reproduced here with permission of SensorsMag a Questex Media Group, Inc. publication. The format has been slightly changed to make it easier to read online. This is the ninth essay in a series expanding on an article I wrote for Sensors titled “A Twelve-Step Sensor [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-basics/check-it-out/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-basics/check-it-out/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/VQQT-IL8haA/ http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/get-an-expert-with-your-sensor/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 14:28:52 +0000 G R Peacock http://measurementblog.com/?p=169 This eighth essay in a series on Sensorsmag.com. It is reproduced here with permission of SensorsMag a Questex Media Group, Inc. publication. The format has been slightly changed to make it easier to read online. Jul 22, 2008 – by: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. – Sensors This is the eighth essay in a series expanding [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/get-an-expert-with-your-sensor/feed/ 1 http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/get-an-expert-with-your-sensor/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/bMHqDNW_J14/ 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 G R Peacock 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 an online poll, [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/station-module-named-tranquility-to-honor-apollo-11-not-colbert-but/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/station-module-named-tranquility-to-honor-apollo-11-not-colbert-but/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/8PiKJi0mzaY/ http://www.measurementblog.com/uncategorized/soliciting-bids-for-sensors/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:30:57 +0000 G R Peacock http://measurementblog.com/?p=145 This is the seventh essay in a series written and published on Sensorsmag.com. It is reproduced here with permission of SensorsMag a Questex Media Group, Inc. publication. The format has been slighly changed to make it easier to read online. Continuing with my series on the twelve-step sensor-selection process, this month I’ll look at the best [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/uncategorized/soliciting-bids-for-sensors/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/uncategorized/soliciting-bids-for-sensors/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/QbVXo-93uuY/ http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/finalizing-the-specifications/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:56:12 +0000 G R Peacock http://measurementblog.com/?p=153 In this sixth essay of my series on selecting sensors (expanding on an article I wrote for Sensors (Sensorsmag.com) titled “A Twelve-Step Sensor Selection Checklist.” .), we get to the real meat and potatoes of the job—writing a workable specification. If you’ve been following each step of the process outlined in the series, you realize [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/finalizing-the-specifications/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/finalizing-the-specifications/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/Z2Rvt4B1-Ws/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/naming-colbert-or-not/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:04:20 +0000 G R Peacock 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 vs [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/website/naming-colbert-or-not/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/website/naming-colbert-or-not/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/ughxZpVhmy8/ http://www.measurementblog.com/website/from-digital-isolation-to-global-inclusion/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:24:55 +0000 G R Peacock 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/from-digital-isolation-to-global-inclusion/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/NY1y4NQyqy0/ http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/reviewing-error-analysis/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:23:20 +0000 G R Peacock http://measurementblog.com/?p=155 This is the fifth essay in a series expanding on an article I wrote for Sensors (Sensorsmag.com) titled “A Twelve-Step Sensor Selection Checklist.” . (Note: It has been modified very slightly to make it more easily read in this format) This month, I’ll look at the phase of the sensor selection process in which you review your [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/reviewing-error-analysis/feed/ 1 http://www.measurementblog.com/resource/reviewing-error-analysis/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/wuwFMBr7qdI/ http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/the-deming-model/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:24:06 +0000 G R Peacock http://measurementblog.com/?p=125 he teachings and experiences of W. Edwards Deming slowly took hold in my learning as I worked for a USA Steel Company in Ohio in the 1980s and ’90s. I knew little about Quality Assurance when I first joined the orgainzation, but got involved in their system of Statistical Process Control, that had been dubbed [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/the-deming-model/feed/ 0 http://www.measurementblog.com/measurement-qa/the-deming-model/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Measurementblog/~3/8qVMP9-_PUU/ http://www.measurementblog.com/temperature/sensor-selection%e2%80%94a-question-of-perspective/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:52:11 +0000 G R Peacock http://measurementblog.com/?p=158 This is the fourth essay in a series expanding on an article I wrote for Sensors titled “A Twelve-Step Sensor Selection Checklist”. (Note: It has been modified very slightly to make it more easily read in this format) In October (2007), I discussed the need to consider factors that influence measurement conditions. This month, I’ll talk about [...]]]> http://www.measurementblog.com/temperature/sensor-selection%e2%80%94a-question-of-perspective/feed/ 1 http://www.measurementblog.com/temperature/sensor-selection%e2%80%94a-question-of-perspective/