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The National Institute of Standards and Technology celebrates its 100th
anniversary this year. So what?
Here's what: Activities ranging from stock trading to space navigation all rely on NIST's Measurement and Standards Laboratories for high-accuracy timekeeping -- recently enhanced by a new NIST-built atomic clock that will neither gain nor lose a second in nearly 20 million years. Each day, via the Internet, NIST receives more than 20 million automated requests for time. US makers of printed wiring boards reversed declines in world market share by exploiting quality-improving, cost-reducing innovations resulting from a five-year, cost-sharing research partnership enabled by NIST's Advanced Technology Program. Learn more at www.nist.gov |
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National Engineers Week Foundation
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