- Sustaining venture creation from industrial
laboratories: the evolution of Lucent's New Ventures Group into a
partnership with private equity capital suppliers offers a new route to
corporate innovation.
In an earlier article, we described an innovative model for creating corporate ventures out of industrial research laboratories at Lucent Technologies (1). Since that article, tremendous changes have occurred in the telecommunications market, within Lucent, and within the venture capital sector overall. These changes have forced this model of creating ......
- Robots automate lab analysis.
Engineers and technicians at industrial laboratories are turning to robots to prepare a wide range of materials for analysis. At environmental laboratories, they are using the automated assistants to prepare water and soil samples for analysis of pollutants. Why employ robots in the laboratory? Like their larger counterparts that weld, ......
- BACnet testing lab completes first phase of customer product testing
The BACnet Testing Laboratory (BTL), Boston, MA, recently completed the initial phase of BACnet interoperability testing. Application specific controllers, smart sensors, and smart actuators made by Alerton Technologies, Automated Logic, Delta Controls and Teletrol passed the tests and will be listed on the BACnet Manufacturers' Association (BMA) website. Listing means ......
- Space simulation needs multiple chambers
There is perhaps no environment more demanding than space. Not only is it nearly a complete vacuum, but the temperature swings from very hot to very cold, certainly hotter and colder than any place on earth. When auto engineers need to thoroughly test vehicles in extreme conditions, they can take ......
- Outsourcing drives testing lab
business.
In the October 31 issue, IBO discussed the environmental and clinical commercial laboratory markets, finding increased consolidation, as well as opportunities for growth and, consequently, for instrument sales. In part 2, IBO examines the broad-based and clinical research organization (CRO) commercial laboratory sectors. As with the environmental and clinical lab ......
- Quantifying and optimizing flow meter accuracy in real
world.
This article presents methodologies and tools which assist the user of custody transfer flowmeters to quantify "real-world" accuracy and repeatability and to adopt "best practices" to optimize both. The article focuses on differential pressure (DP) flowmetering because that is the most commonly used flow technology in the oil and ......
- New products expand omega line.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Further expanding its process measurement and control range, Omega Engineering has recently announced the LCR series S-beam load cells, the F2020 series RTD elements and two connectivity meters. The new products accompany a range of test and measurement, process control, environment, automation, lab equipment and power monitoring ......