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  Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory - Working with industry to develop and apply measurements, standards, infrastructural technology 

  http://www.mel.nist.gov/

  Disclaimer / FOIA / No Fear Act Policy / NIST is an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department Date created: Feb. 24, 2001 Last updated: Sep. 17, 2007

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  Tags:  manufacturing, measurement, metrology, standards, us

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  Japan Leads U.S. in Fast and Cheap Internet Connections - New York Times 

  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/business/worldbusiness/03broadband.html

  Yukari Haruzono, a computer game enthusiast in Tokyo, waited Sunday for an upgrade while her daughter, Yuho, 6, played. She pays $55 a month to be able to download data at high speeds. TOKYO The United ... States may be the world s largest economy, but when it comes to Internet connections at home, many Americans still live in the slow lane. By contrast, Japan is a broadband paradise with the fastest and cheapest Internet connections in the world. Nearly eight million Japanese have a fiber optic line at home that is as much as 30 times speedier than a typical DSL line. But while that speed is a boon for Japanese users, industry analysts and some companies question whether the push to install fiber is worth the effort, given the high cost of installation, affordable alternatives and lack of services that take advantage of the fast connections. Indeed, the stock price of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone , which has two-thirds of the fiber-to-the-home market, has sunk because of concerns about   [More...] [Less...]

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  Illuminations The Carbon Challenge: 2007 Summer Seminar : EPRI’s 2007 Summer Seminar gathered leaders from industry, government, academia and advocacy groups to look at RD&D imperatives and opportunities ... for different technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the electric power industry. EPRI/NRDC Joint Research : Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality. : This EPRI guide enables users to perform preliminary capital investment evaluations in a consistent and informed manner.   [More...] [Less...]

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  NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association 

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  NEMA is the leading trade association in the U.S. representing the interests of electroindustry manufacturers of products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use of ... electricity.   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  economic data, electrical equipment, electrical industry, electrical product, electroindustry business confidence indices , industrial control business indices, manufacturing, market data, us   [More...] [Less...]